C. E. Gatchalian

Who is C. E. Gatchalian?

C. E. Gatchalian is a Canadian playwright.

Born in Vancouver, British Columbia to Filipino parents, Gatchalian holds an MFA in Creative Writing and Theatre from the University of British Columbia.

His play Motifs & Repetitions aired on Bravo! in 1997 and on the Knowledge in 1998. His other produced plays include Claire, Crossing, Broken and People Like Vince, a play for young audiences about mental health.

His latest play, Falling in Time, had its world premiere in Vancouver in November 2011 and was published by Scirocco Drama in 2012. He teaches playwrighting at Langara College and since December 2011 has been artistic producer of the frank theatre company, Vancouver's professional queer theatre company.

His plays have been directed by such artists as Seán Cummings, Patrick McDonald and Nigel Shawn Williams.

He is openly gay, and has twice been a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, including in 2013 for Falling in Time. In 2013 he won the Dayne Ogilvie Prize, a prize presented by the Writers' Trust of Canada to an openly LGBT writer.