Josh MacDonald is a writer and actor living in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. His comedy-drama feature film Faith, Fraud & Minimum Wage was released by Seville Pictures/ Entertainment One in 2010. The screenplay for Faith, Fraud & Minimum Wage was based upon Josh’s original play Halo, a stage piece commissioned, produced, and toured by Two Planks and A Passion Theatre during MacDonald’s time as the company’s Writer-In-Residence (2001). Halo has since been produced by many theatre companies across North America, from Nova Scotia to British Columbia, California to New York state. Published by Talonbooks, Halo is a curriculum title in various high schools and universities in Canada. Whereverville was also commissioned and toured by Two Planks and a Passion Theatre and shortlisted for the National Arts Centre’s On The Verge Festival, and is also published by Talonbooks.
Macdonald also works as a professional story editor, actor, and teacher. Recently, he was the playwriting instructor in the theatre department of Dalhousie University in Halifax.
