Ron Davies is an Ottawa-based emerging playwright. He learned his stagecraft working for five years as a stage manager at major theatres in Toronto and at the Stratford Festival. Since 2019 his plays have twice won Canada's National One-Act Playwriting Competition (as well as once placing third and once being a finalist). He has also been semi-finalist, runner up or received honourable mention in other Canadian and American competitions. His one-act play "Transitions" won the Hamilton Fringe New Play Contest and was produced in 2023 at the 2023 Ottawa Fringe Festival where a reviewer called it "an important new work" that explored "genuine and honest connections and relationships." and has been produced as part of an audio showcase. Other short plays have been produced by theatres in Ontario and New York including an audio drama "More than Kin" that was the only Canadian play among 6 co-winners in Toronto's Theatre inspiraTO's 10-minute audio contest.
Plays
Following the death of their father, two middle-aged sisters meet for the first time in more than twenty years. Despite one woman’s hopes for reconciliation, will her sister’s painful memories and the long shadow cast by their shared past keep them apart?
Successes
"Wednesday's Children" won Canada's 81st annual National One-Act Playwriting Competition for 2021-22.
"More than Kin" was one of 6 co-winners out of 343 entries in Theatre inspiraTO's 10-minute audio drama competition in 2021. It has been produced as part of a free, publicly available audio showcase at http://theatreinspirato.ca/audiodrama.