C.E. Gatchalian

C.E. Gatchalian

Raw in its emotionalism and bold in its theatricality, C.E. Gatchalian’s latest play, Falling in Time (Scirocco Drama, 2012) is set in Vancouver in 1994 and tells the story of four individuals across two continents and over a span of more than forty years. The lives of these characters miraculously intertwine in an uncompromising meditation on war, masculinity, sexuality, personal boundaries, and love.

C.E. Gatchalian is a playwright, fiction writer, poet, editor, and teacher. His published works include: Motifs & Repetitions (Midpoint Trade Books, 2003), which was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award;Broken (New Bard Press, 2006), a suite of one-act plays, Crossing & Other Plays (Lethe Press, January 2011), and Falling in Time (Scirocco Drama, 2012). He has also published a chapbook of poetry calledtor/sion (Ranson Works Press, 2005). The winner of the 2005 Gordon Armstrong Playwright’s Rent Award, he has been Playwright-in-Residence at Playhouse Theatre Company and the Firehall Arts Centre in Vancouver, and Writer-in-Residence at the Berton House Writers’ Retreat in Dawson City, Yukon. His work has been produced on stages in Vancouver, Toronto, Winnipeg and New Zealand, as well as on CBC Radio and the Bravo Channel. He lives in Vancouver, BC.

C.E. Gatchalian will be reading at the Lillooet Room of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre on May 10, 2012 at 2.00PM-3.00PM.