Lee MacDougall was born in New Liskeard, and raised in Cobalt and Kirkland Lake, in Northern Ontario, Canada. He attended the University of Toronto, (BSc) and the Ryerson Theatre School (Acting).
As a writer, MacDougall’s critically acclaimed first play, High Life, won a Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best New Play, was nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award, and a Chalmers Canadian Play Award. High Life has been produced across Canada, and internationally in New York, London, Tokyo and Seoul. His other plays include The Ginko Tree, Resistance, and an adaptation of W.O. Mitchell’s Who Has Seen the Wind. Writing for other media includes the screenplay for the feature film High Life, and a radio drama for CBC Radio One called Her Wonders.
As an actor, MacDougall was HotBlades Harry in the Canadian Premiere of Urinetown (CanStage Co.) He originated the role of Harry in the North American Premiere and first U.S. National tour of Mamma Mia (National Broadway Touring Award nomination).
MacDougall spent five seasons with the Stratford Festival (favourite shows include Cabaret, The Boyfriend, Arturo Ui), three seasons with the Shaw Festival (Counsellor-at-Law, On the Town), and appeared at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, the Elgin Theatre, Theatre Plus, and Young People’s Theatre. He has performed across Canada at the Charlottetown Festival, Neptune Theatre in Halifax, the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Manitoba Theatre Centre in Winnipeg, Theatre Calgary, and the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton.
