Brigitte Haentjens, is a

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director and president of her own company, Sybillines, which she founded in 1997.Jean St-Hilaire
"Brigitte Haentjens reçoit le prestigieux prix Siminovitch"
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'', online posting in Cyberpresse'', October 30, 2007, accessed January 18, 2008. She is currently the

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at Canada's

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French Theatre in

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Biography

Born in

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, she studied theatre in

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before moving to

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in Canada at the age of 25.

Career

From 1982 to 1990, she was artistic director of the

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in Sudbury, turning it into a major venue of Francophone Canadian theatre through her productions of works by playwrights such as

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and

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. She also cowrote several works with Dalpé, including ''Nickel''.Nickel, Saison 1983–1984
in ''Théâtrographie'' sec., ''

'' (official website), accessed January 19, 2008. (Coproduction

, Théâtre français du Centre national des Arts). (In French.) In 1990, she moved to

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, becoming artistic director of the Nouvelle Compagnie Théâtrale, in Montréal, from 1991 to 1994, and as co-director for the

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from 1996 to 2006."$100,000 Siminovitch Prize 2007 Awarded to Director, Brigitte Haentjens:
Recipient Selects Quebec City Director and Montreal Ensemble as Protégés", press release, ''Prix Siminovitch'' (official website), October 29, 2007, accessed January 18, 2008. In addition to continuing to direct theatre for several companies in Montreal, she also directed at the

, in

, founded her own company, Sybillines, in 1997, and, in October 2007, received the prestigious Elinor and Louis Siminovitch Prize in Theatre for her 30-year career in Québec theatre.

Notes

External links

*
Prix Siminovitch
' – Elinore & Lou Siminovitch Theatre Prize Official website. Accessed January 19, 2008. rovides links to the press release about the 2007 award to Haentjens (in English), to the text of her acceptance speech (in English), and to a video about her work (in English with French subtitles).br>"Sybillines"
– Official website. Accessed January 18, 2008. (In French; includes biography.)
"Haentjens"
– A part of the Haentjens History

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