Alex Tétreault
Alex Tétreault (born 1994) is a Canadian writer and activist from Greater Sudbury, Ontario,[1] who has been the city's poet laureate since 2024.[2]
He attended high school at École secondaire Macdonald-Cartier, where he was associated with the Les Draveurs theatre troupe, and later studied in the theatre program at Laurentian University.[1] He was subsequently a communications and marketing manager for the Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario, who awarded him a $2,500 grant in 2019 toward the creation of his first original stage play.[3] During this era, he also served as chair of Sudbury Pride until 2021.[4]
His play, Nickel City Fifs : Une épopée queer sudburoise sur fond de trous, premiered in 2023 with a performance at Zig's, the city's gay bar.[5] An English version of the play, Sudbury Saturgay Night, also received a reading at the 2023 PlaySmelter festival.[6]
It undertook a wider tour of markets throughout Ontario in 2025,[7] and its print publication received a Trillium Book Award nomination for French Prose in 2025.[8]
His second stage play, Avert Your Gays, debuted at the 2024 PlaySmelter festival.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Rachel Crustin, "Alex Tétreault, développer l’art queer franco-ontarien". ONFR, January 27, 2024.
- ^ Heidi Ulrichsen, "Meet Alex Tétreault, Greater Sudbury’s newest poet laureate". Sudbury.com, June 10, 2024.
- ^ "Alex Tétreault reçoit une bourse de création du TNO". CBON-FM, June 26, 2019.
- ^ "Fierté Sudbury Pride announces its pride week programming". Sudbury Star, July 11, 2021.
- ^ Isabelle Bourgeault-Tassé, "Nickel City Fifs : Une épopée queer sudburoise sur fond de trous". ONFR, June 17, 2023.
- ^ Judi Straughan, "State of the Arts: Sudbury playwrights take centre stage this week". Sudbury Star, May 10, 2023.
- ^ "Une tournée ontarienne et une nomination au prix Trillium pour Nickel City Fifs". CBON-FM, May 8, 2025.
- ^ Cassandra Drudi, "Canisia Lubrin, Maurice Vellekoop among writers shortlisted for 2025 Trillium Book Awards". Quill & Quire, May 6, 2025.
- ^ "Le dramaturge sudburois Alex Tétreault présente un texte sur l’homophobie". CBON-FM, April 30, 2024.
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