Local playwright Matthew MacKenzie scoops national award for Bears

Edmonton’s Matthew MacKenzie has won the prestigious Carol Bolt Award for his new play, Bears.
The national award, which comes with a $5,000 cash prize, comes from the Playwrights Guild of Canada and is awarded to a member of the organization who has premièred a new work in the past year.
“To get the win was definitely a surprise,” said MacKenzie in a phone interview after being honoured in Toronto Sunday night. “Just to be nominated along with Colleen Murphy and K