Duceppe

Photo credit : Caroline Bergeron
Photo credit : Caroline Bergeron

Founded in 1973, Compagnie Jean Duceppe is one of the three resident companies at Place des Arts de Montréal. Every season, it produces five plays and performs them at Théâtre Jean-Duceppe.

Since its founding, the company has reached six million audience members and performed more than 200 plays.

CONTEMPORARY QUÉBÉCOIS AND AMERICAN PLAYS

Duceppe primarily produces contemporary works in which the general public can recognize themselves. Proud to offer programming that’s accessible to as many people as possible, popular in the noblest sense of the term, the theatre company’s vision, since it was founded by late actor Jean Duceppe, is to employ emotion to reach audiences.

Since 1991, artistic director and actor Michel Dumont has pursued this mission by presenting works by Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, John Steinbeck, Eugene O’Neill, Bernard Shaw and Neil Simon, as well as Québec playwrights such as Michel Tremblay, Marie Laberge, Françoise Loranger, Gratien Gélinas, Michel Marc Bouchard, Serge Boucher, Évelyne de la Chenelière, Stéphane Brulotte and Simon Boudreault.

Events

Salle de nouvelles
Theater

Salle de nouvelles

Théâtre Jean-Duceppe
Lau
Theater

Lau

Coulisses du Théâtre Jean-Duceppe
Docteure
Theater

Docteure

Théâtre Jean-Duceppe
Run de lait
Theater

Run de lait

Théâtre Jean-Duceppe
Whitehorse
Theater

Whitehorse

Cinquième Salle
N'essuie jamais de larmes sans gants
Theater

N'essuie jamais de larmes sans gants

Théâtre Jean-Duceppe
Chimerica
Theater

Chimerica

Théâtre Jean-Duceppe
Pas perdus | documentaires scéniques
Theater

Pas perdus | documentaires scéniques

Théâtre Maisonneuve
Moi, dans les ruines rouges du siècle
Theater

Moi, dans les ruines rouges du siècle

Théâtre Jean-Duceppe
Royal
Theater

Royal

Théâtre Jean-Duceppe
La suspension consentie de l’incrédulité
Theater

La suspension consentie de l’incrédulité

Coulisses du Théâtre Jean-Duceppe
La traversée du siècle
Theater

La traversée du siècle

Théâtre Jean-Duceppe
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