Gwen Pharis Ringwood (13 August 1910 Anatone, Washington – 24 May 1984 Williams Lake, British Columbia) was a Canadian playwright.
She graduated from the University of Alberta. She worked part-time as a secretary for Elizabeth Sterling Haynes, and then working at the Banff Centre for the Arts as registrar. She studied playwriting at University of North Carolina.
The theatre in Williams Lake, and an award for drama, given by the Writers' Guild of Alberta, are named for her.
Her papers are held at University of Calgary.
1939 Dominion Drama Festival1941 Governor General's AwardsYounger Brother, Longmans, Green, 1959The Collected Plays of Gwen Pharis Ringwood. Ed: Enid Delgatty Rutland. Ottawa: Borealis Press, 1982. ISBN 978-0-88887-956-1The Gwen Pharis Ringwood Papers, Marlys Chevrefils, Shirley A. Onn, and Apollonia Steele, editors, February 1988, ISBN 0-919813-60-7 The Dragons of Kent, Banff School of Fine Arts, Alberta, 1935Chris Axelson, Blacksmith, University of North Carolina, 1938Still Stands the House (1938)One Man's House, University of North Carolina, 1938Still Stands the House, Playmakers Theatre in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1938Pasque Flower, University of North Carolina, 1939The Days May Be Long, Unproduced, 1940Red Flag at Evening, University of Alberta Extension Department, Edmonton, 1940Saturday Night, University of Alberta Extension Department, Edmonton, 1940The Courting of Marie Jenvrin, Banff School of Fine Arts, Alberta, 1941Christmas 1943, University Women's Club, Edmonton, 1943The Rainmaker, 1944The Jack and the Joker, Banff School of Fine Arts, Alberta 1944Dark Harvest, University of Manitoba Dramatic Society, Winnipeg, 1945Stampede, Alberta Folklore and Local History Project, 1945Hatfield, the Rainmaker Banff School of Fine Arts, Alberta 1945Drowning at Wasyl Nemitchuck, The (A Fine Coloured Easter Egg), Banff School of Fine Arts, Alberta 1946Oh Canada, My Country, Edmonton, (1948 – 1951?)Widger's Way, University of Alberta, 1952Lament for Harmonica (Maya) Ottawa Little Theatre 1959Look Behind You, Neighbour, City of Edson, Alberta, 1961Lion and the Mouse, Cariboo Indian School, Williams Lake, B.C, 1964The Sleeping Beauty, Cariboo Indian School, Williams Lake, 1965The Three Wishes, Williams Lake School, 1965The Road Runs North, Williams Lake Junior High School, Williams Lake, 1967Encounters, Gwen Ringwood Theatre, Williams Lake, 1970The Deep Has Many Voices, Gwen Ringwood Theatre, Williams Lake, 1971The Stranger, Gwen Ringwood Theatre, Williams Lake, 1971The Golden Goose, Cariboo Indian School, Williams Lake 1973A Remembrance of Miracles, Gwen Ringwood Theatre, Williams Lake, 1975Lament for harmonica (1975)The Lodge, West Vancouver Little Theatre 1976Ludmilla's OdysseyThe Magic Carpets of Antonio Angelini, St. Boniface Theatre Company, Winnipeg 1976Mirage, University of Saskatchewan, 1979