Franco-American
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Cover Reveal • Couverture révélée
[English below] Voilà, la belle couverture de mon livre, Piecework / Travail à la pièce, dessinée par le graphiste Colin Josselyn ! Cette édition entièrement bilingue, préparée avec la collaboration de Grégoire Chabot et d’Agathe Anne (parmi tant d’autres!), et publiée par The University of Maine Press, contient mes deux pièces de théâtre solos, Travail…
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Exciting Announcement!
I’m thrilled to share that my two plays, Piecework: When We Were French and Les filles du QUOI?, will be published in a bilingual edition from the University of Maine Press in 2025. Long in the making, this volume will make the plays available to a wider audience — in two languages — and hopefully…
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Issue 6 of Résonance Now Live
This week marks the publication of the latest issue of Résonance, the Franco-American literary journal for which I am honored to serve as Drama & Book Review Editor. Our sixth issue features a wonderful interview with Maine writer Jim Bishop, and beautiful collections of new fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction. I worked with a group…
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Résonance, Issue 5
I’m delighted to share that the new issue of Résonance is out now! This open-access, online literary journal was the brainchild of, among others, the late Franco-American playwright and elder Grégoire Chabot, who passed away during the pandemic. Greg imagined places, real and virtual, where writers and artists could come together and dream about what…
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Le Vermont parle encore français
Merci David Savoie of Radio-Canada for his thoughtful piece on French in Vermont that appeared recently on Désautels le dimanche. I’m proud to be among the Vermonters he spoke to for his piece. I specifically asked David not to use the headline “Les derniers francophones du Vermont” for his piece — in 2021 Radio-Canada did…
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‘Résonance’ Call for Submissions
Since 2021 I have been Drama & Book Review Editor for Résonance, an on-line literary journal sponsored by the University of Maine that showcases creative work by and/or about the Franco-American communities of the United States. The editorial board defines “Franco-American” broadly, to include the Quebec, Acadian, and Haitian diasporas, as well as other diasporic,…
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Pause-Déjeuner
Among the many kind and supportive folks came out for the recent world premiere of my solo show, Les filles du QUOI?, were members of the Alliance Française of the Lake Champlain Region (AFLCR). The Alliance provides an important resource and gathering place for French-speakers and francophiles in our region, where French-Canadian cultural organizations have…
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Merci, Montpelier!
My profound thanks to everyone who came out for the world premiere production of my solo show, Les filles du QUOI? It was a tremendous gift, after years of pandemic postponements, to finally share this work with so many warm and responsive audiences, to live inside this show for a few weeks, and to celebrate…
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Just Four More Shows!
I think it’s fair to say that the opening, world premiere weekend of Les filles du QUOI? at Lost Nation Theater was a roaring success. After two years of pandemic delays and disappointments, I had nearly given up hope that this show would ever be performed, so spending four fantastic performances with warm and receptive…
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The Buzz
Have you bought your tickets yet? The world premiere of Les filles du QUOI? is just days away, and you can be with us in person at Montpelier, Vermont’s Lost Nation Theater or on-line! My thanks to Mary Gow of the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus for covering the show (and to Jeb Wallace-Brodeur for the great…
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