Beth Kaplan (born August , ) is an American-born Canadian writer,
teacher, and actor.Kaplan began her career as a professional actor,
primarily in Vancouver. She appeared in nine tours, including one
national tour. She left the stage in to earn an MFA in Creative
Writing at the University of British Columbia.She has taught personal
essay and memoir writing at Ryerson University since and also at the
University of Toronto since , wherein she won U of T’s Excellence
in Teaching Award. A fellow of the Banff Centre’s Literary
Journalism program, she produces So True, a twice-yearly reading
series for her long-term students and herself, at the Black Swan in
Toronto. A board and conference committee member of the Creative
Nonfiction Collective, she gave a Master Class at a recent conference
entitled “The Writer as Performer.†Finding the Jewish Shakespeare:
The Life and Legacy of Jacob Gordin, a biography of her
great-grandfather, was published in and reissued in paperback in . It
was called “a witty, shrewd, elegant book which tells a story of
vital importance†by Tony Kushner. She spoke about the book across
Canada, four times in New York including at the nd Street Y, in other
American cities, in French in Paris, and at Oxford University. In she
delivered the annual Wexler Lecture in Jewish History in Washington,
D.C.
teacher, and actor.Kaplan began her career as a professional actor,
primarily in Vancouver. She appeared in nine tours, including one
national tour. She left the stage in to earn an MFA in Creative
Writing at the University of British Columbia.She has taught personal
essay and memoir writing at Ryerson University since and also at the
University of Toronto since , wherein she won U of T’s Excellence
in Teaching Award. A fellow of the Banff Centre’s Literary
Journalism program, she produces So True, a twice-yearly reading
series for her long-term students and herself, at the Black Swan in
Toronto. A board and conference committee member of the Creative
Nonfiction Collective, she gave a Master Class at a recent conference
entitled “The Writer as Performer.†Finding the Jewish Shakespeare:
The Life and Legacy of Jacob Gordin, a biography of her
great-grandfather, was published in and reissued in paperback in . It
was called “a witty, shrewd, elegant book which tells a story of
vital importance†by Tony Kushner. She spoke about the book across
Canada, four times in New York including at the nd Street Y, in other
American cities, in French in Paris, and at Oxford University. In she
delivered the annual Wexler Lecture in Jewish History in Washington,
D.C.
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