Playwright, actor, director, translator, designer, humour columnist and screenwriter, Marc Prescott was born in Sainte-Anne-des-Chenes, Manitoba. Prescott has a B.A. in Latin and philosophy, and a B.Ed from the College Universitaire de St.-Boniface. He is a graduate of the French playwriting program of the National Theatre School of Canada. His plays include L'Annee du Big Mac, Sex, Lies, et les Franco-Manitobains, Poissons, Encore, and Fort Mac. Prescott is a member of the playwrights’ unit at Prairie Theatre Exchange and artistic director of Theatre Vice Versa, a company dedicated to developing and producing original scripts and plays in translation in either official language.