Évelyne de la Chenelière

Évelyne de la Chenelière
Name	Évelyne de la Chenelière
Birth date	1975
Birth place	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation	Playwright, novelist, screenwriter, actor
Nationality	Canadian

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Évelyne de la Chenelière is a Canadian playwright, novelist, screenwriter and actor from Montreal, Quebec. She is known for her bilingual contributions to contemporary Canadian literature, modern Québécois theatre and francophone Canadian cinema, and for collaborations with institutions such as the National Theatre School of Canada, the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde and the National Film Board of Canada.

Early life and education

Born in Montreal in 1975, she grew up in a cultural milieu influenced by Quebec literature, Canadian theatre and francophone media. Her formative years included exposure to works by Michel Tremblay, Antonine Maillet, Marie Laberge, Normand Chaurette and Réjean Ducharme, and to performances at venues like the Théâtre du Rideau Vert, the Centaur Theatre and the Théâtre Espace Go. She pursued formal training at institutions associated with dramatic arts including the École Nationale de Théâtre du Canada and study programs linked to the Université de Montréal, the McGill University arts community and the Concordia University theatre scene.

Her literary output encompasses novels and short fiction that engage with themes explored by contemporaries such as Alice Munro, Margaret Atwood, Nino Ricci and Mordecai Richler. She has published works in francophone publishing houses operating alongside editors associated with Les Éditions du Boréal, Leméac Éditeur, Québec Amérique and independent presses connected to Maison Théâtre. Her prose intersects with cultural debates handled by figures like Michel Marc Bouchard, Denis Villeneuve and André Forcier, and appears in periodicals alongside contributors to Le Devoir, La Presse, The Globe and Mail and the Montreal Gazette.

As a playwright she has written plays produced at venues including Théâtre La Licorne, Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, Théâtre du Rideau Vert and festivals such as the Festival TransAmériques and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Her dramaturgy dialogues with the oeuvres of Samuel Beckett, Eugène Ionesco, Jean Racine and Molière while engaging contemporary practitioners like Wajdi Mouawad, Guillaume Corbeil, Sophie Cadieux and Dominique Leclerc. Productions have been staged by companies such as Complicité-linked ensembles, the Stratford Festival in repertoire programming contexts, and francophone troupes active in Ottawa and Toronto. Her plays have been translated and performed internationally in circuits involving the International Theatre Institute, the Berlin International Theatre Festival and venues connected to the Royal Court Theatre.

She has contributed screenplays and adaptations to projects associated with the National Film Board of Canada, commercial studios collaborating with producers who worked with Denys Arcand, Xavier Dolan, Jean-Marc Vallée and Atom Egoyan. Her film work engages audiovisual platforms including Télé-Québec, Radio-Canada, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and streaming initiatives linked to the Toronto International Film Festival premieres and co-productions with partners from France and Belgium. She has collaborated with directors from the Québec cinema scene and with cinematographers and composers who have worked on films presented at the Cannes Film Festival, the Berlin International Film Festival, the Venice Film Festival and the Sundance Film Festival.

Her acting credits span stage and screen with roles in productions at the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, the Centaur Theatre, television series broadcast on Radio-Canada and SRC and films screened at the TIFF and regional festivals. She has worked with directors such as Denys Arcand, Xavier Dolan, Jean-Marc Vallée and stage directors in the tradition of Michel Marc Bouchard and Robert Lepage, and performed alongside actors from the Canadian Screen Awards circuit and performers affiliated with the Société Radio-Canada repertory.

Her work has been recognized by institutions including the Governor General's Awards, the Prix du Gouverneur général, the Governor General's Award for Drama, provincial distinctions such as the Prix du Québec and theatre-specific honors like the Dora Mavor Moore Awards and the Les Masques prize. She has been shortlisted and awarded prizes in competitions associated with the Association des Critiques de Théâtre, the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec and grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, and her plays and screenworks have been acknowledged at festivals including the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma and the Festival TransAmériques.

Category:Canadian dramatists and playwrights Category:Canadian novelists Category:People from Montreal