{"id":145,"date":"2017-08-17T20:12:47","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T20:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playwrights.ca?page_id=145"},"modified":"2026-04-13T09:55:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T13:55:16","slug":"cole-foundation-mentorship-for-emerging-translators","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.playwrights.ca\/fr\/professional-development\/cole-foundation-mentorship-for-emerging-translators\/","title":{"rendered":"Mentorat pour traductrices et traducteurs \u00e9mergents de la Fondation Cole"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Applications are now closed for the 2025 Cole Foundation Mentorship for Emerging Translators. To view the application form, click here<\/a>.<\/h2>\n

Abonnez-vous \u00e0 notre infolettre<\/a> to know about upcoming opportunities at PWM.<\/h2>\n

Comment postuler :<\/h2>\n

Pour \u00eatre admissibles, les traductrices et les traducteurs en d\u00e9but de carri\u00e8re doivent avoir r\u00e9alis\u00e9 au moins une traduction qui a fait l\u2019objet d\u2019une mise en lecture, d\u2019une publication ou d\u2019une production publique. \u00c9tant donn\u00e9 que le programme met l\u2019accent sur la rel\u00e8ve, la candidate ou le candidat doit ne pas avoir traduit plus que trois pi\u00e8ces. Les projets de traduction doivent \u00eatre du fran\u00e7ais vers l\u2019anglais seulement. Les sc\u00e9narios complets, les pi\u00e8ces en un seul acte et les pi\u00e8ces jeunesse sont admissibles. Veuillez noter que notre expertise ne s\u2019\u00e9tend pas \u00e0 la traduction de com\u00e9dies musicales.<\/p>\n

The Mentor<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Maureen Labont\u00e9 – Translation Dramaturg<\/h2>\n

Maureen Labonte is a dramaturge, translator and teacher. She has coordinated a number of play development programmes in theatres and play development centres across the country including at the Banff Centre for the Arts, the Centre des auteurs dramatiques (CEAD) in Montreal, the National Arts Centre (Ottawa) and Playwrights’ Workshop Montr\u00e9al. Maureen has also worked extensively as a translation dramaturge. Maureen was the Jury Chair for the Siminovitch Prize in Theatre from 2009 to 2012. From 2006 to 2011, she was Co-Director of the Banff Playwrights Colony at the Banff Center for the Arts. Previous to that, she worked at the Colony as resident dramaturge and then as Head of Program (2002-2005). Maureen taught at the National Theatre School of Canada for twenty years starting in the mid-90\u2019s. Maureen has also translated close to fifty plays into English. She lives in Montreal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The Mentees<\/h2>\n

This program has unveiled great new talent in theatre translation including Alexis Diamond<\/strong> (2013), Johanna Nutter<\/strong> (2014), Melissa Bull<\/strong> (2015), Jordan Arseneault <\/strong>(2016), John Jack Paterson<\/strong> et Jennie Herbin<\/strong> (2017-2018), David Gagnon Walker<\/strong> (2019), Elaine Normandeau<\/strong> et Rhiannon Collett<\/strong> (2021-2023), and Katherine Turnbull<\/strong> (2023-2024).<\/p>\n

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2013 – Alexis Diamond<\/strong>
Her award-winning plays, operas and translations for audiences of all ages have been presented across Canada, in the U.S. and in Europe. In 2019, Alexis Diamond served as co-artistic director of the famed festival of new writing, the Jamais Lu Festival, where she also presented a bilingual play, Faux-amis, with co-author Hubert Lemire, with support from the CALQ.
Three of her translations were presented during the 2018-19 season (for Geordie Productions 2Play-Tour, Talisman Theatre and Le Petit Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de Sherbrooke). She is currently working on a historical diptych set in Montreal in the early 1940s, two musicals (with Nick Carpenter, and with Evan Tsitsias\/Rosalind Mills), and a bilingual piece aimed at audiences aged 2-6 with composer Stephanie Moore for Jeunesses Musicales Canada.<\/p>\n

Translation Project<\/strong>
Je n\u2019y suis plus \u2013 I\u2019m Not Here<\/em><\/strong>
Alexis Diamond was the first winner of the then named Cole Competition for Emerging Translators in 2013. She translated Marie-Claude Verdier\u2019s\u00a0play\u00a0Je n\u2019y suis plus \u2013\u00a0I\u2019m Not Here<\/em>.
Her company, Composite Theatre Co., produced the play at Toronto\u2019s 2016 SummerWorks Performance Festival, where Jen Quinn received an honourable mention for her direction.\u00a0I\u2019m Not Here<\/em>\u00a0was previously produced at the 2015 Voila! Festival in the UK (director Courtney Larkin) and received a staged reading at BoucheWHACKED\u2019s annual presentation of new francophone works in translation, the TA GUEULE WORKSHOP AND READING SERIES, in May 2016.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2013 – Alexis Diamond<\/strong>
Her award-winning plays, operas and translations for audiences of all ages have been presented across Canada, in the U.S. and in Europe. In 2019, Alexis Diamond served as co-artistic director of the famed festival of new writing, the Jamais Lu Festival, where she also presented a bilingual play, Faux-amis, with co-author Hubert Lemire, with support from the CALQ.
Three of her translations were presented during the 2018-19 season (for Geordie Productions 2Play-Tour, Talisman Theatre and Le Petit Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de Sherbrooke). She is currently working on a historical diptych set in Montreal in the early 1940s, two musicals (with Nick Carpenter, and with Evan Tsitsias\/Rosalind Mills), and a bilingual piece aimed at audiences aged 2-6 with composer Stephanie Moore for Jeunesses Musicales Canada.<\/p>\n

Translation Project<\/strong>
Je n\u2019y suis plus \u2013 I\u2019m Not Here<\/em><\/strong>
Alexis Diamond was the first winner of the then named Cole Competition for Emerging Translators in 2013. She translated Marie-Claude Verdier\u2019s\u00a0play\u00a0Je n\u2019y suis plus \u2013\u00a0I\u2019m Not Here<\/em>.
Her company, Composite Theatre Co., produced the play at Toronto\u2019s 2016 SummerWorks Performance Festival, where Jen Quinn received an honourable mention for her direction.\u00a0I\u2019m Not Here<\/em>\u00a0was previously produced at the 2015 Voila! Festival in the UK (director Courtney Larkin) and received a staged reading at BoucheWHACKED\u2019s annual presentation of new francophone works in translation, the TA GUEULE WORKSHOP AND READING SERIES, in May 2016.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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2014 – Johanna Nutter<\/strong>
Johanna Nutter (she, they) is a Montreal-based performance maker and facilitator devoted to authentic storytelling. Her award-winning work has toured bilingually across Canada and Internationally. In 2016, she formed creature\/creature, consolidating her passion for negotiating the delicate spaces between people, subjectivities, and artistic practices.
She attended PWM\u2019s translation residency in Tadoussac in 2010, working with Linda Gaboriau on\u00a0Mon fr\u00e8re est enceinte,\u00a0<\/em>the French version of her international hit solo,\u00a0My Pregnant Brother.\u00a0<\/em>It played in both languages at La Licorne, where it was awarded the Cochon d\u2019Or for Meilleure production de la rel\u00e8ve 2011-2012 and went on to tour throughout Quebec, across Canada, and to Scotland, England, and Belgium.<\/p>\n

Translation Project<\/strong>
Chlorine<\/em><\/strong>
Johanna Nutter won the then Cole Foundation and PWM\u2019s Emerging Translator Award in 2014 and translated\u00a0CHLORINE<\/em>\u00a0(Florence Longpr\u00e9 & Nicolas Michon), which had two workshops and a public reading with dramaturgy provided by PWM before being produced and directed on stage (Centaur, Brave New Looks) in October 2016.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2014 – Johanna Nutter<\/strong>
Johanna Nutter (she, they) is a Montreal-based performance maker and facilitator devoted to authentic storytelling. Her award-winning work has toured bilingually across Canada and Internationally. In 2016, she formed creature\/creature, consolidating her passion for negotiating the delicate spaces between people, subjectivities, and artistic practices.
She attended PWM\u2019s translation residency in Tadoussac in 2010, working with Linda Gaboriau on\u00a0Mon fr\u00e8re est enceinte,\u00a0<\/em>the French version of her international hit solo,\u00a0My Pregnant Brother.\u00a0<\/em>It played in both languages at La Licorne, where it was awarded the Cochon d\u2019Or for Meilleure production de la rel\u00e8ve 2011-2012 and went on to tour throughout Quebec, across Canada, and to Scotland, England, and Belgium.<\/p>\n

Translation Project<\/strong>
Chlorine<\/em><\/strong>
Johanna Nutter won the then Cole Foundation and PWM\u2019s Emerging Translator Award in 2014 and translated\u00a0CHLORINE<\/em>\u00a0(Florence Longpr\u00e9 & Nicolas Michon), which had two workshops and a public reading with dramaturgy provided by PWM before being produced and directed on stage (Centaur, Brave New Looks) in October 2016.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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2015 – Melissa Bull<\/strong>
Melissa Bull is a writer and editor, as well as a French-to-English translator of fiction, essays, and plays.
Melissa has published her poetry, essays, articles, and interviews in a variety of publications including\u00a0Event, Lemon Hound, subTerrain, Prism<\/em>, and\u00a0Matrix<\/em>. Her collection of poetry,\u00a0Rue<\/em>, was published in 2015, and her collection of short stories,\u00a0The Knockoff Eclipse<\/em>, was published in 2018. Her translation of Nelly Arcan\u2019s\u00a0Burqa de chair<\/em>\u00a0was published by Anvil Press in 2014, and her translation of Marie-Sissi Labr\u00e8che\u2019s novel,\u00a0Borderline<\/em>, is forthcoming. Melissa lives in Montreal.<\/p>\n

Translation Project<\/strong>
The Baklawa Recipe<\/em><\/strong>
Melissa Bull\u00a0was the recipient of the 2015 Cole Foundation Competition for Emerging Translators. Following a series of dramaturgical sessions, workshops, and public readings, her translation of Pascale Rafie\u2019s\u00a0La recette de baklawas<\/em>,\u00a0The Baklawa Recipe<\/em>, \u00a0opened at Centaur Theatre in Montreal in January 2018. It was directed by PWM\u2019s previous Artistic Director Emma Tibaldo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2015 – Melissa Bull<\/strong>
Melissa Bull is a writer and editor, as well as a French-to-English translator of fiction, essays, and plays.
Melissa has published her poetry, essays, articles, and interviews in a variety of publications including\u00a0Event, Lemon Hound, subTerrain, Prism<\/em>, and\u00a0Matrix<\/em>. Her collection of poetry,\u00a0Rue<\/em>, was published in 2015, and her collection of short stories,\u00a0The Knockoff Eclipse<\/em>, was published in 2018. Her translation of Nelly Arcan\u2019s\u00a0Burqa de chair<\/em>\u00a0was published by Anvil Press in 2014, and her translation of Marie-Sissi Labr\u00e8che\u2019s novel,\u00a0Borderline<\/em>, is forthcoming. Melissa lives in Montreal.<\/p>\n

Translation Project<\/strong>
The Baklawa Recipe<\/em><\/strong>
Melissa Bull\u00a0was the recipient of the 2015 Cole Foundation Competition for Emerging Translators. Following a series of dramaturgical sessions, workshops, and public readings, her translation of Pascale Rafie\u2019s\u00a0La recette de baklawas<\/em>,\u00a0The Baklawa Recipe<\/em>, \u00a0opened at Centaur Theatre in Montreal in January 2018. It was directed by PWM\u2019s previous Artistic Director Emma Tibaldo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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2016 – Jordan Arseneault<\/strong>
Jordan Arseneault (aka drag maniac Peaches LePoz) is a socially engaged artist, translator, and performer employing song, spoken word, cello, humour and political commentary in his staged work. His work has been presented regularly in diverse contexts, including La Mama Galleria (NYC) and the Beaverbrook Art Gallery (Fredericton NB). He was awarded the Cole Foundation Mentorship prize by Playwright’s Workshop Montr\u00e9al for translating \u00c9ric No\u00ebl’s Faire des enfants<\/em>, which afforded him the opportunity to assist with its Portuguese adaptation at Teatro Nucleo Experimental,\u00a0summer 2024, thanks to Bouche(whacked) Theatre Collective. A regular at Festival Phenom\u00e9na and assorted Sala-Rossa-based events, Jordan is currently writing a two-hander with fellow drag artist Crystal Slippers (Guy Hermon).<\/p>\n

Translation Project<\/strong>
River Bed<\/em><\/strong>
As the recipient of\u00a0PWM\u2019s 2016 Cole Foundation Mentorship for Emerging Translators, Jordan Arseneault translated \u00c9ric No\u00ebl\u2019s Faire des enfants (2011, Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de Quat\u2019Sous, published by Lem\u00e9ac \u00c9diteur. Translation dramaturgy was provided by Maureen Labont\u00e9. A public reading of this translation, directed by Jesse Stong, was presented at PWM in 2017. River Bed<\/em> had a two-week residency in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil, in summer 2024, in which Jordan Arseneault assisted in the adaptation of the piece in Portuguese.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2016 – Jordan Arseneault<\/strong>
Jordan Arseneault (aka drag maniac Peaches LePoz) is a socially engaged artist, translator, and performer employing song, spoken word, cello, humour and political commentary in his staged work. His work has been presented regularly in diverse contexts, including La Mama Galleria (NYC) and the Beaverbrook Art Gallery (Fredericton NB). He was awarded the Cole Foundation Mentorship prize by Playwright’s Workshop Montr\u00e9al for translating \u00c9ric No\u00ebl’s Faire des enfants<\/em>, which afforded him the opportunity to assist with its Portuguese adaptation at Teatro Nucleo Experimental,\u00a0summer 2024, thanks to Bouche(whacked) Theatre Collective. A regular at Festival Phenom\u00e9na and assorted Sala-Rossa-based events, Jordan is currently writing a two-hander with fellow drag artist Crystal Slippers (Guy Hermon).<\/p>\n

Translation Project<\/strong>
River Bed<\/em><\/strong>
As the recipient of\u00a0PWM\u2019s 2016 Cole Foundation Mentorship for Emerging Translators, Jordan Arseneault translated \u00c9ric No\u00ebl\u2019s Faire des enfants (2011, Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de Quat\u2019Sous, published by Lem\u00e9ac \u00c9diteur. Translation dramaturgy was provided by Maureen Labont\u00e9. A public reading of this translation, directed by Jesse Stong, was presented at PWM in 2017. River Bed<\/em> had a two-week residency in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil, in summer 2024, in which Jordan Arseneault assisted in the adaptation of the piece in Portuguese.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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2017-2018 – John Jack Paterson<\/strong>
Jack Paterson\u2019s (he\/him) is an award-winning devisor, director, translator & Creative Producer from Vancouver (the uncedded territorties of the x\u02b7m\u0259\u03b8kw\u0259y\u0313\u0259m, Skwxw\u00fa7mesh & S\u0259l\u0313\u00edlw\u0259ta\u0294\/Selilwitulh Nations).\u00a0 His projects have ranged from creative access, cross-cultural, multi-disciplinary and multi-lingual devised creations to new works, new translations, and classical texts in contemporary form across Canada, Asia, EU, South America, UK, & USA.\u00a0 Translations include: The Ballad of Georges Boivin by Martin Bellemare, KIWI by Daniel Danis, The Naughty Children\u2019s Bedtime Stories by \u00c9tienne Lepage, & Asteroid B612 by Eric Noel.\u00a0\u00a0www.jackpatersontheatre.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Translation Project<\/strong>
Kiwi<\/em><\/strong>
As one of two recipients of\u00a0PWM\u2019s 2018 Cole Foundation Mentorship for Emerging Translators, John Jack Paterson translated\u00a0Kiwi<\/em>\u00a0by Daniel Danis. Translation dramaturgy was provided by Maureen Labont\u00e9.
A public reading of this translation, directed by Cristina Cugliandro, was presented at PWM in 2018, featuring Michelle Rambharose and Justin Malcolm.<\/p>\n

2017-2018 – Jennie Herbin<\/strong>
Jennie is fascinated by language, storytelling, and their ability to pierce boundaries, shaping collective imaginations.
A Nova Scotia native, Jennie is a graduate of Neptune Theatre\u2019s Pre-Professional Acting Training Program in Halifax. A move to Montr\u00e9al in 2011 led to studies in Hispanic Literature and French Literature at McGill, and then an M.A. in Translation Studies from Concordia University. Her experience as a digital content creator and translator spans several fields.<\/p>\n

Translation Project<\/strong>
Clean Slate<\/em><\/strong>
As the recipient of\u00a0PWM\u2019s 2017 Cole Foundation Mentorship for Emerging Translators, Jennie Herbin translated\u00a0Table Rase<\/em>
by Catherine Chabot. Translation dramaturgy was provided by Maureen Labont\u00e9.
A public reading of this translation, directed by Leslie Baker, was presented at PWM in 2018, it featured Stefanie Buxton, Cleopatra Boudreau, Gita Miller, Julie Trepanier, Rebecca Gibian, Anie Richer, and Brett Donahue. Talisman Theatre produced Clean Slate<\/em> in March 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2017-2018 – John Jack Paterson<\/strong>
Jack Paterson\u2019s (he\/him) is an award-winning devisor, director, translator & Creative Producer from Vancouver (the uncedded territorties of the x\u02b7m\u0259\u03b8kw\u0259y\u0313\u0259m, Skwxw\u00fa7mesh & S\u0259l\u0313\u00edlw\u0259ta\u0294\/Selilwitulh Nations).\u00a0 His projects have ranged from creative access, cross-cultural, multi-disciplinary and multi-lingual devised creations to new works, new translations, and classical texts in contemporary form across Canada, Asia, EU, South America, UK, & USA.\u00a0 Translations include: The Ballad of Georges Boivin by Martin Bellemare, KIWI by Daniel Danis, The Naughty Children\u2019s Bedtime Stories by \u00c9tienne Lepage, & Asteroid B612 by Eric Noel.\u00a0\u00a0www.jackpatersontheatre.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Translation Project<\/strong>
Kiwi<\/em><\/strong>
As one of two recipients of\u00a0PWM\u2019s 2018 Cole Foundation Mentorship for Emerging Translators, John Jack Paterson translated\u00a0Kiwi<\/em>\u00a0by Daniel Danis. Translation dramaturgy was provided by Maureen Labont\u00e9.
A public reading of this translation, directed by Cristina Cugliandro, was presented at PWM in 2018, featuring Michelle Rambharose and Justin Malcolm.<\/p>\n

2017-2018 – Jennie Herbin<\/strong>
Jennie is fascinated by language, storytelling, and their ability to pierce boundaries, shaping collective imaginations.
A Nova Scotia native, Jennie is a graduate of Neptune Theatre\u2019s Pre-Professional Acting Training Program in Halifax. A move to Montr\u00e9al in 2011 led to studies in Hispanic Literature and French Literature at McGill, and then an M.A. in Translation Studies from Concordia University. Her experience as a digital content creator and translator spans several fields.<\/p>\n

Translation Project<\/strong>
Clean Slate<\/em><\/strong>
As the recipient of\u00a0PWM\u2019s 2017 Cole Foundation Mentorship for Emerging Translators, Jennie Herbin translated\u00a0Table Rase<\/em>
by Catherine Chabot. Translation dramaturgy was provided by Maureen Labont\u00e9.
A public reading of this translation, directed by Leslie Baker, was presented at PWM in 2018, it featured Stefanie Buxton, Cleopatra Boudreau, Gita Miller, Julie Trepanier, Rebecca Gibian, Anie Richer, and Brett Donahue. Talisman Theatre produced Clean Slate<\/em> in March 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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2019 – David Gagnon Walker<\/strong>
David Gagnon Walker is a writer, performer, and translator based in Toronto. His work, much of it produced by his company Strange Victory Performance, has been performed and developed across Canada, and through residencies in Sweden, Finland, France, Australia, and the USA. David\u2019s interactive play\u00a0This Is the Story of the Child Ruled by Fear\u00a0<\/em>has been touring Canada since 2021, and is published by Playwrights Canada Press. His translations include\u00a0The Retreat<\/em>\u00a0by Gabrielle Chapdelaine, produced by Imago Theatre in 2023, and several plays by two-time Governor General\u2019s Award winner Mishka Lavigne.\u00a0www.davidgagnonwalker.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Translation Project<\/strong>
The Retreat<\/em><\/strong>
As the recipient of\u00a0PWM\u2019s 2019 Cole Foundation Mentorship for Emerging Translators, David Gagnon Walker translated\u00a0La Retraite<\/em>\u00a0by Gabrielle Chapdelaine. Translation dramaturgy was provided by Maureen Labont\u00e9. A public reading of this translation, directed by Rose Plotek, was presented in 2019 at PWM, featuring Jimmy Blais, Adam Capriolo, James Loye, Leni Parker, Alex Petrachuk and Julie Trepanier. The Retreat <\/em>had its first full production with Imago Theatre in November 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2019 – David Gagnon Walker<\/strong>
David Gagnon Walker is a writer, performer, and translator based in Toronto. His work, much of it produced by his company Strange Victory Performance, has been performed and developed across Canada, and through residencies in Sweden, Finland, France, Australia, and the USA. David\u2019s interactive play\u00a0This Is the Story of the Child Ruled by Fear\u00a0<\/em>has been touring Canada since 2021, and is published by Playwrights Canada Press. His translations include\u00a0The Retreat<\/em>\u00a0by Gabrielle Chapdelaine, produced by Imago Theatre in 2023, and several plays by two-time Governor General\u2019s Award winner Mishka Lavigne.\u00a0www.davidgagnonwalker.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Translation Project<\/strong>
The Retreat<\/em><\/strong>
As the recipient of\u00a0PWM\u2019s 2019 Cole Foundation Mentorship for Emerging Translators, David Gagnon Walker translated\u00a0La Retraite<\/em>\u00a0by Gabrielle Chapdelaine. Translation dramaturgy was provided by Maureen Labont\u00e9. A public reading of this translation, directed by Rose Plotek, was presented in 2019 at PWM, featuring Jimmy Blais, Adam Capriolo, James Loye, Leni Parker, Alex Petrachuk and Julie Trepanier. The Retreat <\/em>had its first full production with Imago Theatre in November 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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2021-2023 – Elaine Normandeau<\/strong>
A Montreal based stage manager in both English and French theatre as well as in opera, Elaine has developed a parallel career as a translator and proofreader in both official languages. Her main focus is live performance surtitling and her work has been seen at the FTA, La\u00a0Chapelle Sc\u00e8nes Contemporaines, Imago, Centaur Theatre and the Segal Centre among others. She was also the Language Coordinator on the film\u00a0Hochelaga, Land of Souls<\/em>, overseeing the translation of the script into specific Indigenous languages and historical variants of French and English.<\/p>\n

Translation Project<\/strong>
Muliats<\/strong><\/em>
Muliats<\/em> by Charles Bender, Charles Buckell, Marco Collin, Xavier Huard, Natasha Kanap\u00e9 Fontaine et Christophe Payeur (le collectif)<\/p>\n

2021-2023 – Rhiannon Collett<\/strong>
Rhiannon Collett (they\/them) is an award-winning non-binary playwright, performer, director and translator based in Montreal and Toronto. Their work explores the ritualization of grief, gender performativity, queer\/trans identity and the psychological effects of sexual objectification. Rhiannon was a guest artist at the LungA festival in Sey\u00f0isfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, Iceland and artist-in-residence at the Mauser Eco House in Costa Rica. They are a graduate of Generator\u2019s Performance Criticism Training Program, Buddies in Bad Times Emerging Creators Unit, Playwrights\u2019 Workshop Montreal\u2019s Young Creators Unit and Black Theatre Workshop\u2019s Artist Mentorship Program.
Rhiannon is a settler in Toronto, on the traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation, the Huron-Wendat and the Haudenosaunee peoples, and in Tiohti\u00e0:ke (Montreal), on the traditional,\u00a0un-ceded territory of the Kanien\u2019keh\u00e1:ka people.<\/p>\n

Translation Project<\/strong>
Ces regards amoureux de gar\u00e7ons alt\u00e9r\u00e9s\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>
\u00a0Rhiannon Collett was working on \u201cThe Loving Gaze of Lost Boys\u201d, their English translation of \u201cCes regards amoureux de gar\u00e7ons alt\u00e9r\u00e9s, with translation dramaturg Maureen Labont\u00e9 and playwright \u00c9ric No\u00ebl. With Eric in the room, Rhiannon was supported throughout the process by dramaturg Maureen Labont\u00e9, alongside actor Dakota Wellman and director Gabe Maharjan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2021-2023 – Elaine Normandeau<\/strong>
A Montreal based stage manager in both English and French theatre as well as in opera, Elaine has developed a parallel career as a translator and proofreader in both official languages. Her main focus is live performance surtitling and her work has been seen at the FTA, La\u00a0Chapelle Sc\u00e8nes Contemporaines, Imago, Centaur Theatre and the Segal Centre among others. She was also the Language Coordinator on the film\u00a0Hochelaga, Land of Souls<\/em>, overseeing the translation of the script into specific Indigenous languages and historical variants of French and English.<\/p>\n

Translation Project<\/strong>
Muliats<\/strong><\/em>
Muliats<\/em> by Charles Bender, Charles Buckell, Marco Collin, Xavier Huard, Natasha Kanap\u00e9 Fontaine et Christophe Payeur (le collectif)<\/p>\n

2021-2023 – Rhiannon Collett<\/strong>
Rhiannon Collett (they\/them) is an award-winning non-binary playwright, performer, director and translator based in Montreal and Toronto. Their work explores the ritualization of grief, gender performativity, queer\/trans identity and the psychological effects of sexual objectification. Rhiannon was a guest artist at the LungA festival in Sey\u00f0isfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, Iceland and artist-in-residence at the Mauser Eco House in Costa Rica. They are a graduate of Generator\u2019s Performance Criticism Training Program, Buddies in Bad Times Emerging Creators Unit, Playwrights\u2019 Workshop Montreal\u2019s Young Creators Unit and Black Theatre Workshop\u2019s Artist Mentorship Program.
Rhiannon is a settler in Toronto, on the traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation, the Huron-Wendat and the Haudenosaunee peoples, and in Tiohti\u00e0:ke (Montreal), on the traditional,\u00a0un-ceded territory of the Kanien\u2019keh\u00e1:ka people.<\/p>\n

Translation Project<\/strong>
Ces regards amoureux de gar\u00e7ons alt\u00e9r\u00e9s\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>
\u00a0Rhiannon Collett was working on \u201cThe Loving Gaze of Lost Boys\u201d, their English translation of \u201cCes regards amoureux de gar\u00e7ons alt\u00e9r\u00e9s, with translation dramaturg Maureen Labont\u00e9 and playwright \u00c9ric No\u00ebl. With Eric in the room, Rhiannon was supported throughout the process by dramaturg Maureen Labont\u00e9, alongside actor Dakota Wellman and director Gabe Maharjan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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2023-2024 – Katherine Turnbull<\/strong>
She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts [Honours] in Acting with a minor in French Studies from the University of Windsor. Based in Montreal, she works in French and English in theatre and film. Katherine is fascinated by the messy and complex aspects of life, and so she explores the nitty-gritty of humanity in her projects.
In 2021, Katherine translated\u00a0La nuit du 4 au 5<\/em>\u00a0by Rachel Graton, commissioned by Talisman Theatre. The resulting translation,\u00a0The Night From the 4th to the 5th<\/em>, has recently been shortlisted for the Tom Hendry Best Drama Award. In May 2022, Talisman Theatre presented it as a digital reading, which has since won awards at the 2023 Snow Leopard International Film Festival (Madrid, Spain) & Sweden International Film Festival for Best Drama, Best Black and White Film, and Best Stage Play. It also received four (4) nominations at the 2023 MAGMA Film Festival (Best Feature & Experimental Film, Best Directing, Best Original Concept, and Best Ensemble).<\/p>\n

Translation Project:<\/strong>
21<\/em>, by Rachel Graton<\/strong>
Sara\u2019s job is to help troubled teens with a host of issues. Like Zoe, an angry fifteen-year-old with a tendency to run away. Now, how to get her to open up and begin the journey of personal growth and healing when she doesn\u2019t trust adults? \u201cI hear you like basketball.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2023-2024 – Katherine Turnbull<\/strong>
She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts [Honours] in Acting with a minor in French Studies from the University of Windsor. Based in Montreal, she works in French and English in theatre and film. Katherine is fascinated by the messy and complex aspects of life, and so she explores the nitty-gritty of humanity in her projects.
In 2021, Katherine translated\u00a0La nuit du 4 au 5<\/em>\u00a0by Rachel Graton, commissioned by Talisman Theatre. The resulting translation,\u00a0The Night From the 4th to the 5th<\/em>, has recently been shortlisted for the Tom Hendry Best Drama Award. In May 2022, Talisman Theatre presented it as a digital reading, which has since won awards at the 2023 Snow Leopard International Film Festival (Madrid, Spain) & Sweden International Film Festival for Best Drama, Best Black and White Film, and Best Stage Play. It also received four (4) nominations at the 2023 MAGMA Film Festival (Best Feature & Experimental Film, Best Directing, Best Original Concept, and Best Ensemble).<\/p>\n

Translation Project:<\/strong>
21<\/em>, by Rachel Graton<\/strong>
Sara\u2019s job is to help troubled teens with a host of issues. Like Zoe, an angry fifteen-year-old with a tendency to run away. Now, how to get her to open up and begin the journey of personal growth and healing when she doesn\u2019t trust adults? \u201cI hear you like basketball.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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2025-2026<\/strong> – Danielle Le Saux-Farmer<\/strong>
Dipl\u00f4m\u00e9e de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Ottawa en th\u00e9\u00e2tre puis du Conservatoire d\u2019art dramatique de Qu\u00e9bec en interpr\u00e9tation, elle a assur\u00e9 la direction artistique et g\u00e9n\u00e9rale du Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Catapulte de 2017 \u00e0 2023. Elle a jou\u00e9 au Th\u00e9\u00e2tre du Trident, \u00e0 la Bord\u00e9e, \u00e0 Premier Acte, au P\u00e9riscope, au Th\u00e9\u00e2tre la Licorne, au Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Denise-Pelletier, ainsi qu\u2019en tourn\u00e9e \u00e0 travers le pays, notamment avec\u00a0Un. Deux. Trois.<\/em>\u00a0de Mani Soleymanlou. Elle a sign\u00e9 trois traductions pour le th\u00e9\u00e2tre (The Art of the Fall<\/em>,\u00a0Avant l\u2019archipel<\/em>,\u00a0Beyond the night sky<\/em>).\u00c0 l\u2019automne 2023, elle a cr\u00e9\u00e9 le premier chapitre de son projet de th\u00e9\u00e2tre documentaire sur la langue fran\u00e7aise,\u00a0Oh ! Canada \u2013 Chapitre 1: L\u2019Est du pays<\/em>\u00a0qui jouera prochainement \u00e0 La Nouvelle Sc\u00e8ne Gilles Desjardins, la Salle Fred-Barry du Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Denise-Pelletier et au Th\u00e9\u00e2tre du Bic \u00e0 Rimouski. Plus r\u00e9cemment, elle a jou\u00e9 dans\u00a0Durant des ann\u00e9es<\/em>\u00a0de Louis-Philippe Roy, pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 aux Zones th\u00e9\u00e2trales et au Carrefour international de th\u00e9\u00e2tre de Qu\u00e9bec en 23-24. Elle signe la mise en sc\u00e8ne de\u00a0La Trajectoire des confettis<\/em>\u00a0au Th\u00e9\u00e2tre du Trident en avril 2025 et assure la co-mise en sc\u00e8ne et dramaturgie du projet pancanadien\u00a0Nuits claires<\/em>\u00a0du Th\u00e9\u00e2tre fran\u00e7ais du Centre national des arts en 2024-2025.<\/p>\n

Translation Project:<\/strong>
Hope Town, by Pascale Renaud-H\u00e9bert<\/strong>
In progress<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Danielle Le Saux-Farmer<\/h3>\n
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2025-2026<\/strong> – Danielle Le Saux-Farmer<\/strong>
Dipl\u00f4m\u00e9e de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Ottawa en th\u00e9\u00e2tre puis du Conservatoire d\u2019art dramatique de Qu\u00e9bec en interpr\u00e9tation, elle a assur\u00e9 la direction artistique et g\u00e9n\u00e9rale du Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Catapulte de 2017 \u00e0 2023. Elle a jou\u00e9 au Th\u00e9\u00e2tre du Trident, \u00e0 la Bord\u00e9e, \u00e0 Premier Acte, au P\u00e9riscope, au Th\u00e9\u00e2tre la Licorne, au Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Denise-Pelletier, ainsi qu\u2019en tourn\u00e9e \u00e0 travers le pays, notamment avec\u00a0Un. Deux. Trois.<\/em>\u00a0de Mani Soleymanlou. Elle a sign\u00e9 trois traductions pour le th\u00e9\u00e2tre (The Art of the Fall<\/em>,\u00a0Avant l\u2019archipel<\/em>,\u00a0Beyond the night sky<\/em>).\u00c0 l\u2019automne 2023, elle a cr\u00e9\u00e9 le premier chapitre de son projet de th\u00e9\u00e2tre documentaire sur la langue fran\u00e7aise,\u00a0Oh ! Canada \u2013 Chapitre 1: L\u2019Est du pays<\/em>\u00a0qui jouera prochainement \u00e0 La Nouvelle Sc\u00e8ne Gilles Desjardins, la Salle Fred-Barry du Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Denise-Pelletier et au Th\u00e9\u00e2tre du Bic \u00e0 Rimouski. Plus r\u00e9cemment, elle a jou\u00e9 dans\u00a0Durant des ann\u00e9es<\/em>\u00a0de Louis-Philippe Roy, pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 aux Zones th\u00e9\u00e2trales et au Carrefour international de th\u00e9\u00e2tre de Qu\u00e9bec en 23-24. Elle signe la mise en sc\u00e8ne de\u00a0La Trajectoire des confettis<\/em>\u00a0au Th\u00e9\u00e2tre du Trident en avril 2025 et assure la co-mise en sc\u00e8ne et dramaturgie du projet pancanadien\u00a0Nuits claires<\/em>\u00a0du Th\u00e9\u00e2tre fran\u00e7ais du Centre national des arts en 2024-2025.<\/p>\n

Translation Project:<\/strong>
Hope Town, by Pascale Renaud-H\u00e9bert<\/strong>
In progress<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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