Karen Hines is the author of six award-winning plays, and a two-time finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award for her Pochsy Plays and Drama: Pilot Episode. She is also an award-winning stage performer and director, and her performances and productions have been presented across North America and overseas. Karen has performed extensively in Canadian television and film, and her own prize-winning short films have screened internationally.

Karen Hines’s new book, Animals, will be published by Coach House Press in 2017, and includes her two most recent plays. Crawlspace is a comic, Kafka-esque monologue about the darker side of home ownership that moves past “cautionary” as it snakes through the brutal battleground of Toronto real estate, decorative twig orbs and the state of the human soul. All the Little Animals I Have Eaten explores questions surrounding existence, death, and salvation through the perspectives of one sleep-deprived young woman, the ghosts of brilliant authors, tiny vertebrates, and other unexpected voices.

Crawlspace (A Staged Reading)

A perfect little coach house turns into a real-life nightmare in Karen Hines’ comic, Kafkaesque tale about the darker side of home ownership. Inspired by true events, Crawlspace (A Staged Reading) moves past “cautionary” as it snakes through the brutal battleground of Canadian real estate, decorative twig orbs and the state of the human soul.