Alex Tétreault (born 1994) is a Canadian writer and activist from Greater Sudbury, Ontario,Rachel Crustin, "Alex Tétreault, développer l’art queer franco-ontarien". ONFR, January 27, 2024. who has been the city's poet laureate since 2024.Heidi Ulrichsen, "Meet Alex Tétreault, Greater Sudbury’s newest poet laureate". Sudbury.com, June 10, 2024.
He attended high school at École secondaire Macdonald-Cartier, where he was associated with the Les Draveurs theatre troupe, and later studied in the theatre program at Laurentian University. He was subsequently a communications and marketing manager for the Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario, who awarded him a $2,500 grant in 2019 toward the creation of his first original stage play."Alex Tétreault reçoit une bourse de création du TNO". CBON-FM, June 26, 2019. During this era, he also served as chair of Sudbury Pride until 2021."Fierté Sudbury Pride announces its pride week programming". Sudbury Star, July 11, 2021.
His play, Nickel City Fifs : Une épopée queer sudburoise sur fond de trous, premiered in 2023 with a performance at Zig's, the city's gay bar.Isabelle Bourgeault-Tassé, "Nickel City Fifs : Une épopée queer sudburoise sur fond de trous". ONFR, June 17, 2023. An English version of the play, Sudbury Saturgay Night, also received a reading at the 2023 PlaySmelter festival.Judi Straughan, "State of the Arts: Sudbury playwrights take centre stage this week". Sudbury Star, May 10, 2023.
It undertook a wider tour of markets throughout Ontario in 2025,"Une tournée ontarienne et une nomination au prix Trillium pour Nickel City Fifs". CBON-FM, May 8, 2025. and its print publication received a Trillium Book Award nomination for French Prose in 2025.Cassandra Drudi, "Canisia Lubrin, Maurice Vellekoop among writers shortlisted for 2025 Trillium Book Awards". Quill & Quire, May 6, 2025.
His second stage play, Avert Your Gays, debuted at the 2024 PlaySmelter festival."Le dramaturge sudburois Alex Tétreault présente un texte sur l’homophobie". CBON-FM, April 30, 2024.
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