- Drew McCreadie
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Drew McCreadie, born 1967, is a Vancouver, British Columbia-based actor, playwright and improvisor. He was the winner of Best Male Improvisor in Canada at the 2007 Canadian Comedy Awards.[1] His play The Cat Who Ate Her Husband was first performed in Vancouver by Ruby Slipper Theatre Company,[2] and won two Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards for best new script and best play.[3]
He has also directed and appeared in several films and television programs.[4] He is a member of Urban Improv improvisation troupe and Canadian Content sketch troupe, whose members have/do include comic book writer Ian Boothby, Comedy Inc. star Roman Danylo and Air Farce actress Penelope Corrin.[5]
Before moving to Vancouver, McCreadie ran for provincial government in Ontario in the 1987 general election as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the electoral district of Downsview. He also ran a controversial campaign to head the student union in his second year of studies at Toronto's York University and won a term as President of the York Student Federation (YSF) in 1987-88. McCreadie served as President of his highschool, Cawthra Park Secondary School, in 1985-86.
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Categories:- Canadian comedians
- Canadian dramatists and playwrights
- People from Vancouver
- York University alumni
- Living people
- Canadian comedian stubs
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