David Di Giovanni

{{Short description|Canadian theatre director and playwright}}

David Di Giovanni is a Canadian theatre director and playwright, most noted as co-creator with Amanda Cordner of the stage play Body So Fluorescent.Andrea Warner, [https://www.straight.com/arts/1248871/body-so-fluorescent-takes-poetic-heartbreaking-funny-look-two-sides-were-done-text "Body So Fluorescent takes a poetic, heartbreaking, but funny look at the two sides of a "We're done" text message"]. The Georgia Straight, June 3, 2019.

Di Giovanni began his career as an actor.Pat Donnelly, "Clare Coulter's talents go a long way; Veteran Player ages two decades for her role in 4000 Miles at the Centaur". Montreal Gazette, March 22, 2014. He appeared in early productions of Body So Fluorescent as Gary,Louis Hobson, "Emerging artists'voices find space on centre stage; Sage Theatre's Ignite! festival offers mix of different perspectives". Calgary Herald, June 3, 2017. although it later evolved into a solo show in which Cordner played all characters, including Gary, herself.J. Kelly Nestruck, "No Black and white, only blurred lines in Body so Fluorescent and Maanomaa, My Brother: The two Canadian plays are currently on stage in Toronto and blend actors and directors of all skin colours". The Globe and Mail, April 22, 2023.

Body So Fluorescent was later adapted as a short film, for which Di Giovanni won the Emerging Canadian Artist award at the 2020 Inside Out Film and Video Festival.[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2020/10/05/inside-out-lgbt-film-fest-reveals-prize-winners-early.html "Inside Out LGBT film fest reveals prize winners early"]. Toronto Star, October 5, 2020. After it was published in book form in 2023, Cordner and Di Giovanni received a nomination for that year's Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT literature.Cassandra Drudi, [https://quillandquire.com/omni/memoir-short-story-collection-and-play-named-2023-dayne-ogilvie-prize-finalists/ "Memoir, short story collection, and play named 2023 Dayne Ogilvie Prize finalists"]. Quill & Quire, September 13, 2023.

Di Giovanni and Cordner also later collaborated on Wring the Roses.Carly Maga, "Experiments and new shows find success as RISER theatre event fills a gap". Toronto Star, May 7, 2019.

Di Giovanni, who is out as gay, works as manager of cultural services for the Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library.Michael Owen, [https://www.bradfordtoday.ca/local-news/this-actually-matters-bradford-raises-flag-to-mark-pride-month-7091380 "'This actually matters': Bradford raises flag to mark Pride Month"]. Bradford Today, June 2, 2023.