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Jan "JD" Derbyshire is a Canadian theatre artist, comedian, and writer. She has performed her one-woman show, Certified, across Canada, including in Vancouver where it won two Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards.

Jan Derbyshire
Born	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Other names	JD
Children	Kacey Rohl
Website	www.jdderbyshire.com

Early life and education

Derbyshire was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta. She completed master's degree from the Ontario College of Art and Design in Inclusive Design in 2014.[1][2]

Career

In 2010 alongside the Paralympic Games, Derbyshire performed her one-woman show Funny in the Head at the Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture Festival. Funny in the Head, a show about Derbyshire's experiences with bipolar disorder, was the only show performed at Kickstart.[3]

Derbyshire developed the one-woman show, Certified, in 2018. She has performed Certified for Handsome Alice Theatre (Calgary) in 2018,[4] Touchstone Theatre (Vancouver) in 2019,[5] at One Yellow Rabbit's High Performance Rodeo (Calgary) in 2020,[6] and at the Progress Festival (Toronto) in 2020.[7]

In 2020, Derbyshire was writer-in-residence at Mount Royal University.[6]

Personal life

Derbyshire and her ex-husband, TV director Michael Rohl, have a daughter, actress Kacey Rohl.[8][1]

Plays

• Labour Unions, the Brotherhood of Mothers
• Freaky Jane Fine Takes on the Serious World
• Bearded Circus Ladies
• Ingenius Speculations — co-written with Kim Selody, Rita Bozi, and Roy Surette
• Joke You
• Maharani and the Maple Leaf
• Under the Big Top
• All In
• Funny in the Head[9]
• Turkey in the Woods[1]
• Sorry Toronto, Really I Am[1]
• Certified[5]

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Notes	Ref.
2020	Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards	Outstanding Original Script	Certified	Won		[10]
		Critics’ Choice Innovation Award		Won	for Touchstone Theatre

References

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