Diane Flacks is a writer/actor in theatre, TV, radio, and digital media. She is a York Theatre school grad, and holds an honours BFA in performance. She is currently engaged in compassionate listening and conflict resolution practice. Her fifth one-person play, Guilt (a love story) directed by Alisa Palmer, premiered at the Tarragon, and toured to the Centaur and the RMTC to rave reviews, and is headed to Victoria. Diane recently co-wrote and acted in a new play, PALS, directed by Jillian Keiley, with her theatrical brother, Richard Greenblatt, with whom she also wrote SIBS and CARE, both for the Tarragon Theatre. Diane and Richard adapted SIBS into a film for CBC. Also written for the Tarragon, is her play about medical risk and compassion, Waiting Room, published by PCP. She also wrote and starred in Unholy, her hit, critically acclaimed play about women and religion, directed by Kelly Thornton. Unholy was nominated for a Dora for outstanding new play, and filmed live for TV. Diane’s four other solo shows Myth Me, By A Thread, Random Acts and Bear With Me, have been critically acclaimed and remounted internationally.

Diane is a nationally celebrated actor, and a tv writer, notably on Workin’ Moms, Baroness von Sketch and Kids in The Hall (Emmy nominated). Most recently, she played Mayer Lehman in The Lehman Trilogy for Theatre Calgary, directed by Sarah Garton Stanley, and in the adaptation of Ann-Marie MacDonald’s Fall on Your Knees, directed by Alisa Palmer, and was Dora nominated for her performance in the play Body Politic. She was CBC radio’s national parenting columnist for 7 years, and a featured columnist at The Toronto Star and the Globe. She has written the Dora Awards for the last 8 years.

Diane is the proud mom of two astonishing sons.