p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA">font face="Times">Tara Beagan is a proud halfbreed of Ntlakaâ??pamux and Irish Canadian heritage. She is Artistic Director of Native Earth Performing Arts. Her debut play, i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Thy Neighbourâ??s Wife/i> garnered three Dora Award nominations in â??05, winning for Best New Play. Ensuing plays include i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Dreary and Izzy/i>, i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Fort at York/i>, for which she was head writer and co-director, and i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Miss Julie: Shehâ??mah/i>, which earned five â??09 Dora nominations. Short plays include i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Quilchena/i>, i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Here, Boy!/i>, i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Foundlings/i>, i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">BLUEBEARDâ??S WI7E/i>, i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">TransCanada/i>, and i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Anatomy of an Indian/i>. She was playwright-in-residence at the National Arts Centre in 2011, at NEPA in 2009/2010, and at Cahoots in 2007/2008. As well as a mentor for emerging theatre artists, Tara has written for film and radio, and is a Dora- and Betty-nominated actor.?xml:namespace prefix="o" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />o:p>/o:p>/font>/span>/p>