Micheline Chevrier

Micheline Chevrier has worked across Canada as director, dramaturg and artistic director for the past thirty years. As a director she has worked in a variety of professional theatres ranging from major festivals to creation-based companies, from major regional theatres to theatre for young audiences. Her directorial credits include works by Molière, Sophocles, Chekhov, Virginia Woolf, Dario Fo and Edward Albee; several Canadian playwrights such as John Murrell, David Young, Colleen Murphy, Ann-Marie Macdonald and Carol Shields; as well as numerous Quebecois writers such as Michel Tremblay, Michel Marc Bouchard, Carole Fréchette, Jean-Marc Dalpé and François Archambault. She was Associate Artistic Director at Theatre New Brunswick from 1990 to 1992, Associate Dramaturg at Playwrights Workshop Montreal from 1992 to 1993 and, was Associate Artist at Canadian Stage in Toronto from 2002 to 2004. From 1995 to 2000, Ms. Chevrier was the Artistic Director of the Great Canadian Theatre Company in Ottawa. She has directed and taught at the National Theatre School, Concordia University, Dalhousie University and University of Alberta to name a few. She is the recipient of several awards including Calgary's Betty Mitchell Award, Ottawa's Capital Critic's Award and Toronto's Dora Mavor Moore Award. She is a graduate of McGill University and of the University of Toronto's Drama Centre. Micheline Chevrier has directed The Anger in Ernest and Ernestine for the company in Barcelona and Seven Days in the Life of Simon Labrosse in Munich. ... direction from Micheline Chevrier... brought out all the nuances of pace and level that so distinguish the piece. - Ian Herbert, London Theatre Record, U.K. It is a delightful symphony, Chevrier conducting with a sure eye and ear. - Janice Kennedy, The Ottawa Citizen ...it (is) clear that Chevrier intends to put her creative money where her mouth is, setting standards that are stylish, smart and --- not incidentally --- wholly entertaining. - Janice Kennedy, The Ottawa Citizen