Alex Tétreault

{{Short description|Canadian writer and activist}}

Alex Tétreault (born 1994) is a Canadian writer and activist from Greater Sudbury, Ontario,Rachel Crustin, [https://onfr.tfo.org/alex-tetreault-developper-lart-queer-franco-ontarien/ "Alex Tétreault, développer l’art queer franco-ontarien"]. ONFR, January 27, 2024. who has been the city's poet laureate since 2024.Heidi Ulrichsen, [https://www.sudbury.com/local-news/meet-alex-tetreault-greater-sudburys-newest-poet-laureate-9061218 "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.[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/ca-parle-au-nord/segments/entrevue/123296/bourse-pineault-theatre-nouvel-ontario-francophonie-lgbt-sudbury "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.[https://www.thesudburystar.com/news/local-news/fierte-sudbury-pride-announces-its-pride-week-programming "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, [https://onfr.tfo.org/nickel-city-fifs-une-epopee-queer-sudburoise-sur-fond-de-trous/ "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, [https://www.thesudburystar.com/entertainment/local-arts/state-of-the-arts-sudbury-playwrights-take-centre-stage-this-week "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,[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/le-matin-du-nord/segments/rattrapage/2065011/epopee-queer-sudburoise-nickel-city-fifs-amorce-sa-tournee-a-kapuskasing "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, [https://quillandquire.com/omni/canisia-lubrin-maurice-vellekoop-among-writers-shortlisted-for-2025-trillium-book-awards/ "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.[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/le-matin-du-nord/segments/rattrapage/496435/festival-playsmelter-theatre-queer-lgbtq "Le dramaturge sudburois Alex Tétreault présente un texte sur l’homophobie"]. CBON-FM, April 30, 2024.