Background
Dominic, Magie was born on July 15, 1944 in Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada.
Dominic, Magie was born on July 15, 1944 in Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada.
After growing up in Newfoundland, Magie Dominic moved to the United States, where she studied at The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, New School University, Franklin Furnace, and Open Theatre.
Her first memoir, The Queen of Peace Room, was shortlisted for the Canadian Women's Studies Award, ForeWord magazine’s Book of the Year Award, and the Judy Grahn Award. A second memoir, Street Angel, is set in Newfoundland in the 1950s, but ranges over a 70 period involving the same protagonist and her family. She became active in the anti-war movement during the 1960s.
She was involved in protests, readings, and demonstrations with Moondog, Alan Ginsberg, and Andy Warhol.
She was also involved in the Office-Office-Broadway theatre movement at Joe Cino’s Caffe Cino, where she performed and directed. She curated Caffe Cino - History of Office-Office Broadway at Lincoln Centre in 1985.
She donated papers, photographs and Caffé Cino memorabilia to the NYPL’s Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center in 2011, establishing The Magie Dominic Caffé Cino Archives.
Member League of Canada Poets.
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1 child, Heather Rose.