birth_place nationality notableworks birth_date article_title name partner occupation
calgary , alberta canadian 7 & holloman , girl in the goldfish bowl stories , vigil , the dishwashers , lawrence 1952 morris panych
 morris stephen panych ken macdonald playwright , director , actor
morris panych

morris stephen panych -lrb- born 30 june 1952 -rrb- is a canadian playwright , director and actor .
panych was born in calgary and grew up in edmonton , alberta .
he studied at northern alberta institute of technology , and the university of british columbia .
his plays include `` girl in the goldfish bowl '' -lrb- 2003 -rrb- ; `` vigil '' -lrb- adapted for the british stage as `` auntie and me '' -rrb- ; `` lawrence & holloman '' ; `` the ends of the earth '' ; `` earshot '' ; `` 7 stories '' ; `` dishwashers ; '' `` still laughing : three adaptations by morris panych '' -lrb- 2009 -rrb- , panych 's adaptations of `` the government inspector '' by nikolai gogol , `` hotel peccadillo '' by georges feydeau and mauric desvallières , and `` the amorous adventures of anatol '' by arthur schnitzler ; `` the trespassers '' -lrb- 2010 -rrb- `` gordon '' -lrb- 2011 -rrb- and `` in absentia '' -lrb- 2012 -rrb- .
he won the 2004 governor general 's award for drama for `` girl in the goldfish bowl '' , and the 1994 governor general 's award for drama for `` the ends of the earth '' .
his directing includes some of his own works , including the prix italia nominated `` the overcoat '' , plus several music videos and `` da vinci 's inquest '' .
openly gay , panych married his longtime partner , ken macdonald , in 2004 .
