Keith Barker (writer)

{{short description|Canadian playwright and theatre director|bot=PearBOT 5}}

Keith Barker is a Canadian playwright and theatre director.[https://www.straight.com/arts/589266/talking-stick-festivals-hours-remain-remembers-forgotten "Talking Stick Festival's The Hours That Remain remembers the forgotten"]. The Georgia Straight, February 9, 2014. The former artistic director of the Native Earth Performing Arts theatre company,[https://torontoist.com/2017/04/talk-diversity-in-canadian-theatre/ "Talk Diversity in Canadian Theatre"]. Torontoist, April 9, 2017.{{Cite web |title=Playwright Keith Barker to lead new play development in Stratford |url=https://stratfordbeaconherald.com/entertainment/local-arts/playwright-keith-barker-to-lead-new-play-development-in-stratford |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=stratfordbeaconherald |language=en-CA}} he is most noted for his plays The Hours That Remain, an exploration of missing and murdered Indigenous women,[https://www.thewhig.com/2016/03/09/play-examines-plight-of-indigenous-women/wcm/6374a561-c5d3-82a5-34ae-ea331f32b00e "Play examines plight of indigenous women"]. Kingston Whig-Standard, March 9, 2016. and This Is How We Got Here, a play about youth suicide which was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2018 Governor General's Awards.[https://www.cbc.ca/books/the-finalists-for-the-2018-governor-general-s-literary-award-for-drama-1.4840585 "The finalists for the 2018 Governor General's Literary Award for drama"]. CBC Books, October 3, 2018.

Keith is a citizen of the Métis Nation of Ontario, he grew up in Northwestern Ontario, Barker is a graduate of the theatre program at George Brown College.{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.ontariometisfacts.com/ |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=Ontario Métis Facts |language=en}}