Paul David Power

Paul David Power is a Canadian actor, playwright and theatre director from Newfoundland and Labrador, whose play Crippled was a nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 2021 Governor General's Awards.

Crippled, about a gay disabled man coping with grief following the death of his partner, was based in part on his own experiences following the death of his partner, Jonathan, in 2013. Power himself has a disability which requires him to use leg braces and crutches to walk.

The play was first produced for the stage in 2018, and was published by Breakwater Books in 2021.

Power is the artistic director of his own theatre company, Power Productions, which specializes in stage plays about disability.

Plays Power's plays include:

Crippled Roomies Last Chance The View from Down Here In Your Eyes