Wajdi Mouawad is a Lebanese-Canadian writer, actor, and director, known in Canadian and French theatre for politically engaged works such as the acclaimed play Incendies (2003); his works often revolve around family trauma, war, and the betrayal of youth. Since April 2016 he has been the director of the Theatre national de la Colline in Paris. His credited works include Scorched, Tideline, Forests, and Heavens. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)