Darren O'Donnell

Darren O'Donnell (born 1965) is a Canadian novelist, essayist, performance artist, playwright, director, actor and urban planner.

He is the artistic director of the Mammalian Diving Reflex theatre company, has written many plays including A Suicide-Site Guide to the City, White Mice, Who Shot Jacques Lacan?, Radio Rooster Says That's Bad, Over, [boxhead] and pppeeeaaaccceee, and has published one novel entitled Your Secrets Sleep With Me. In addition to the novel, he has published five other books with Coach House Books: Inoculations, pppeeeaaaccceee, Social Acupuncture, [boxhead] and Haircuts by Children and Other Evidence for a New Social Contract.^[1]

O'Donnell holds a M.Sc. in Urban Planning from the University of Toronto (2014) and a B.F.A in Acting from the University of Alberta (1988).^{[citation needed]}