 In 2010 Fitzgerald's first full-length play "Cloudburst" debuted in Halifax at Plutonium Playhouse.Critics called the play "a knock-out" and "the best thing to happen to the Halifax theatre scene in a decade" "Cloudburst" won the 2011 Merritt Award for Best New Play.Fitzgerald shot a film version of "Cloudburst" in 2011 starring Olympia Dukakis, Brenda Fricker and Ryan Doucette.