As a Québécois playwright raised in a minority culture and language, who spent most of her professional life in the United States writing in English, I often find myself at crossroads – between languages, between cultures, between social classes. So I quite naturally take on the role of facilitator: I invite people who might not normally encounter each other to engage in meaningful conversation. 

As a guest on this beautiful planet, angered and heartbroken by the harm we keep visiting upon it, I help communities process grief, and build courage, hope, and resilience. I know the right stories can better equip us to face the many disruptions ahead and can give us the conviction we need to advocate for what we deserve.

My plays wrestle with colonial and patriarchal constructs and inherited gender roles. They explore the balance between responsibility towards the self and responsibility towards others. They seek to understand loss in all of its harrowing manifestations – but not without a good measure of humor thrown in. They search for new mythologies and rituals that can reconnect us to the natural world and to each other.

And because the world is so much more than the human species, I give voice to both the amazing creatures we share this planet with and the mysterious beings who dwell in other realms. They too have knowledge and wisdom worth listening to. And perhaps most importantly, they have been around for much longer than we have.