Michel Marc Bouchard

Michel Marc Bouchard

Michel Marc Bouchard (born February 2, 1958) is a gay Canadian playwright.

Born in Saint-Cœur-de-Marie, Quebec, he studied theatre at the University of Ottawa. Bouchard made his professional playwriting debut in 1983 and since then has written some 25 plays. He has received the Prix Journal de Montreal, Prix du Cercle des critiques de l'Outaouais, the Dora Mavor Moore Award, the Chalmers Award for Outstanding New Play, and nine Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards for the Vancouver productions of Lilies and The Orphan Muses.

His best-known work is the play Les feluettes, which was produced as the movie Lilies. His play The Madonna Painter has been translated into English and in 2010 was being performed in Canadian venues and receiving favorable reviews.[1] It premiered in Toronto at the Factory Theatre, November 19, 2009.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ "Bouchard play paints bleak period in Canadian history Screwed-up women difficult to like in catfight-filled Mrs. Klein" reviews by Jo Ledingham, Vancouver Courier November 19, 2010, accessed November 19, 2010
  2. ^ "The Madonna Painter: Small town drama" review by J. Kelly Nestruck in The Globe and Mail Nov. 24, 2009, last updated Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009 accessed November 19, 2010

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