Curtis Campbell
Curtis Campbell is a Canadian writer. He is most noted for his 2022 Toronto Fringe Festival play Gay for Pay with Blake & Clay, which he cowrote with Daniel Krolik.
Krolik and Campbell received a Dora [Mavor Moore Award] nomination for Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best [Original Play (Independent Theatre)|Outstanding Original Play, Independent Theatre] in 2023. They returned to the 2023 Fringe Festival with the sequel show Blake and Clay's Gay Agenda.
An alumnus of Central Huron Secondary School in Clinton, Ontario, he won an Outstanding Performance award at the Ontario Drama Festival in 2012. He subsequently studied theatre at York University.
In 2016, Campbell and Sadie Epstein-Fine self-produced the play Tire Swing at Toronto's Kensington Hall.
Campbell's debut novel, Dragging Mason County was published by Annick Press in fall 2023. It was a finalist for the inaugural Jacqueline Woodson Award in 2024.