Caroline Bélisle is an actress, playwright and very angry feminist working mainly in the Moncton area. A graduate of the playwriting program at the National Theatre School of Canada, she also completed training in acting at the Université de Moncton.
She won the prestigious Prix Gratien-Gélinas for her play Les remugles ou La danse nuptiale est une langue morte. The play went on to win nominations for the Governor General’s Literary Award and the Prix Antonine-Maillet-Acadie-Vie, as well as the Éloize for Theatre Artist of the Year in 2024. Her other works include Camping sauvage et domestique, Dîner pour deux, Tuiles et Pépins – un parcours de petites détresses (Éloize for Artist of the Year in Theatre 2022).
Her work has been produced by Théâtre l’Escaouette, Satellite Théâtre, Théâtre Populaire d’Acadie and Théâtre des Béloufilles. She has also penned a host of texts for Le Pays de la Sagouine, including the entire Nounours series of puppet shows for young people.
She is published by Éditions Perce-Neige and Bouton d’or Acadie.
Photo credit : Annie France Noël
