Ron Davies

Ron Davies is a Canadian emerging playwright who is fascinated by the uneasy interactions of people caught in the gap between their inner desires and what life, society or they themselves will allow. He worked for five years as a stage manager with many of Canada's leading directors and actors at major theatres in Toronto as well at the Stratford Festival. For Theatre Ontario, he wrote a community theatre guide “Stage Management without Tears.” Subsequently he lived for an extended period in Europe, where his work with people from different cultures and in more than 20 countries helped inform his understanding of human strengths and frailties and the way we use language to conceal as well as reveal. Since 2019, he has twice won Canada's National One-Act Playwriting Competition as well as placing third and being a finalist. His play "Transitions," which was runner-up and workshop recipient in the National Playwriting Contest and won the Hamilton Fringe New Play Contest, was produced at the Ottawa Fringe Festival in 2023 where, in recommending "this story that demands telling" to anyone, a reviewer remarked on the "genuine and honest connections and relationships explored in this important new work." One 10-minute play was one of six co-winners (and the only Canadian) among 343 entries in Theatre inspiraTO's 10-minute audio drama competition and was produced as part of an audio showcase. Other 10-minute plays have been or are being produced in audio format or on stage in Canada, the US and the UK. Ron speaks French and Portuguese.