David Gow

 
David Gow is the author of six full length stage plays, which have seen production throughout the US, Canada, Europe, the Middle-East and South America. An actor since his youth, Mr. Gow also writes for the screen, directs in film and theatre, and produces for his own company. He divides his time between his homes in Quebec’s Eastern Townships and Los Angeles, CA. David Gow’s best known film, starring Academy Award Nominee David Strathairn, is the award winning Steel Toes, which Gow wrote, co-directed, and co-produced, based on his international stage hit Cherry Docs. Many awards for the film followed, including “Best Feature Film” at The Beverly Hills Film Festival, “Best Screenplay” at Methodfest, Los Angeles, and “Best Independent Feature” at Cine Golden Eagle.

Based out of: 

Quebec's Eastern Townships and Los Angeles, CA

Training: 

MFA in theatre/playwriting from York University, Toronto

 

In one recent theatre season Gow’s work was seen in London, UK, New York City, Berlin, in Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, Montreal and a number of other cities in the US, and Canada. His plays have been produced by over 120 theatre companies worldwide. Cherry Docs played in repertoire in downtown Berlin, for over 6 years, becoming a fixture on the German stage for the last decade. At the same time productions in Poland have run for over 7 years. Gow’s work has been shown throughout Canada and the US, in Boston, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Memphis, Washington, San Francisco etc. Relative Good was staged in New York City during 2007 with the title Arrivals by Weisberger Theatre Group and the Bank Street Theatre. His most recent play Wake of The Bones, a musical about the discovery of the Irish immigrants’ mass grave in Montreal, premiered in 2010 at the Hudson Village Theatre in Hudson, QC.

Other plays by Gow include Bea’s Niece, The Friedman Family Fortune, and The Flight Of Peter Pumpkin-eater, a one man show.