A Conversation with Erin Shields

Dr. Elizabeth Pentland, Associate Dean, Academic at AMPD, will lead an engaging conversation with acclaimed playwright Erin Shields.

Date: Monday, November 3, 2025
Location: Joe G. Green Studio Theatre
Time: 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Free Admission

Erin Shields is a Canadian playwright based in Toronto. Much of her work highlights the negation or misrepresentation of women in classical texts by adapting these stories through a feminist lens for a contemporary audience. Erin’s most recent play, Ransacking Troy, premiered at the Stratford Festival, and Queen Goneril, her adaptation of King Lear premiered at Soulpepper. Her adaptation of Paradise Lost, opened at The Stratford Festival of Canada and won the Quebec Writers Federation Prize for Playwriting. In 2011, Erin won the Governor General’s Award for her play If We Were Birds, which premiered at Tarragon Theatre. Other theatre credits include: Jane Eyre (Citadel Theatre), Piaf/Dietrich (Mirvish Productions/Segal Centre), Beautiful Man (Factory Theatre), The Lady from the Sea (The Shaw Festival), The Millennial Malcontent and Soliciting Temptation (Tarragon Theatre) and Instant (Geordie Theatre).