Alain Doom

Actor and playwright Alain Doom was shortlisted for the 2016 Trillium Book Award and received the Prix Émergence for his first play, Un neurinome sur une balançoire. This dramatic monologue was presented in Ottawa (Zones Théâtrales/ZT), Montréal (La Licorne), Sudbury (Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario/TNO) and Toronto (Théâtre français de Toronto/TfT), and was adapted into a web series (Neurinome) by Marie-Claude Dicaire and Jean-François Dubé (Unis-TV5). His second play, Un quai entre deux mondes, was shortlisted for the 2019 Trillium Award and given staged readings at the Festival Quatre Chemins de Haïti, the TNO and Zones Théâtrales, and in Toronto. His most recent play, Le Club des Éphémères, produced in 2020 (TNO and TfT), will be remounted in spring 2022. Alain’s plays are published by Éditions Prise de parole. As an actor, he has appeared in Frères d’hiver by Michel Ouellette (Catapulte), L’École des femmes by Molière (TfT) and Du pépin à la fissure by Patrice Desbiens (TNO).