Writer and actress Evelyne de la Chenelière is an essential figure within Québec theatre. Translated and presented throughout the world, her plays question the limits of language and the experience of writing. In 2017 she was a finalist for the Siminovich Prize for excellence and innovation in Canadian theatre. Among her works, La vie utile, created at Espace GO and staged at the Festival TransAmériques, received the Marcel Dubé Award from the Académie des lettres du Québec, and premiered in German in Frankfurt. Bashir Lazhar was adapted into the film Monsieur Lazhar by Philippe Falardeau and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Her most recent play, Le traitement de la nuit, was directed by Denis Marleau in Montréal, premiered in Frankfurt in German translation, and was the subject of a public reading at the Comédie Française in Paris. Evelyne de la Chenelière’s journey is marked by formal exploration and a desire to question living art, both through writing and acting. A singular artist who defies expectations, her work is present in major institutions in Québec and abroad, but also lives within their hidden margins.

Writer and actress Evelyne de la Chenelière is an essential figure within Québec theatre. Translated and presented throughout the world, her plays question the limits of language and the experience of writing. In 2017 she was a finalist for the Siminovich Prize for excellence and innovation in Canadian theatre. Among her works, La vie utile, created at Espace GO and staged at the Festival TransAmériques, received the Marcel Dubé Award from the Académie des lettres du Québec, and premiered in German in Frankfurt. Bashir Lazhar was adapted into the film Monsieur Lazhar by Philippe Falardeau and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Her most recent play, Le traitement de la nuit, was directed by Denis Marleau in Montréal, premiered in Frankfurt in German translation, and was the subject of a public reading at the Comédie Française in Paris. Evelyne de la Chenelière’s journey is marked by formal exploration and a desire to question living art, both through writing and acting. A singular artist who defies expectations, her work is present in major institutions in Québec and abroad, but also lives within their hidden margins.