Articles by Kanika Ambrose

Kanika Ambrose

Kanika Ambrose is a two-time Dora Award-winning playwright, opera librettist, and screenwriter. Her plays our place and Truth both earned Dora Awards for outstanding new play in 2023 and 2024 respectively. She is a graduate of Canadian Film Centre’s Bell Media Primetime TV Program (2022-2023). Other notable works: Plays: The Christmas Market (Crow’s Theatre/Studio 180/b current, 2025), Moonlight Schooner (Necessary Angel/Canadian Stage, 2025), Opera: Of the Sea with composer Ian Cusson (Tapestry Opera/Obsidian Theatre, 2023). Concert: The Big Easy: Music of New Orleans (Soulpepper, 2024), writer of two pieces on Juno-nominated classical album Known to Dreamers: Black Voices in Canadian Arts Song (Canadian Art Song Project, 2021), Tak-tak-shoo with composer Rene Orth (Opera Philadelphia). Kanika is associate artistic director of Necessary Angel Theatre Company. This year she is Tarragon Theatre’s OAC Playwright in Residence.