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Sincere thanks to Seven Days and the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus for their warm reviews of the first weekend of Lost Nation Theater’s production of The Revolutionists. Both reviews note the strength of our amazing ensemble cast, and the wild ride we’re able to take you on thanks to the skilled work of our director, designers,…
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It’s a privilege to be working on a play like Lauren Gunderson’s The Revolutionists right now. This fast-paced comedy tells the story of four women trying to survive the French Revolution, and the unique forms of courage with which each of them faces the uncertainty and violence surrounding them. Gunderson’s work often focuses on powerful female…
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Please join me on Thursday, May 15 in Montpelier! We’ll be celebrating the release of two Vermont books with theatrical roots: my new book Piecework and the new, revised edition of David Budbill’s Judevine. Written in the 1970s, Judevine is a collection of poems that narrate the life of a northern Vermont town and its…
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Meet me at the Haskell Free Library and Opera House this weekend! I’ll be doing a special borderland book launch event to celebrate Piecework and the cross-border ties that brought the book into being. This special afternoon event will include performances, music, conversation, and celebration in English and French. J’espère vous voir! Rejoignez-moi à la…
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It’s a tricky time to be a person with their feet in two cultures. If you’re someone who crosses borders frequently, you understand that borders are places of friction, where identity shifts or slips, where we are made vulnerable. This is what is beautiful about borderlands — and also what makes them sites of conflict.…
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I had an unforgettable few days in Orono this weekend, celebrating the launch of my new book at an annual gathering of Franco American artists known as the rassemblement. It’s a fascinating feeling to hold my work in my hands in its new (and beautiful!) form, and it was deeply meaningful to celebrate with friends,…
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I have the great good fortune of heading to Orono, Maine this weekend for the rassemblement, a gathering of Franco American artists, writers, and culture-workers hosted by the Franco American Center of the University of Maine. This annual event provides an invaluable space for us to cultivate Franco culture by sharing our work with one…
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You can pre-order your copy of my new book now! Piecework / Travail à la pièce, a bilingual collection of my two solo plays that explore the Franco American experience and the long, often invisible history of the borderlands between francophone Canada and northern New England. With memorable characters and a variety of voices, these…
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[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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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…
