LES BELLES SOEURS by Michel Tremblay

Written in 1965, Les Belles-Soeurs portrays 15 Québécois women expressing their anger, desperation and frustration loudly, rudely and audaciously. Germaine Lauzon has won a million stamps in a contest. She invites her family and neighbours into her kitchen to help paste them into booklets. Fighting for any power in their suffocating lives, the women yell, backstab, dream and steal in grand theatrical style.

Characters:

• GERMAINE LAUZON
• LINDA LAUZON, Germaine’s daughter
• ROSE OUIMET, Germaine’s sister
• GABRIELLE JODOIN, another sister
• LISETTE DE COURVAL, neighbour
• MARIE-ANGE BROUILLETTE, neighbour
• YVETTE LONGPRÉ , neighbour
• DES-NEIGES VERRETTE, neighbour
• THÉRÈSE DUBUC, Germaine’s sister-in-law
• OLIVINE DUBUC, Thérèse’s mother-in-law
• ANGÉLINE SAUVÉ, neighbour
• RHÉAUNA BIBEAU, neighbour
• LISE PAQUETTE, Linda’s friend
• GINETTE MENARD, Linda’s friend
• PIERRETTE GUÉRIN, Germaine’s youngest sister

The script will be displayed during the reading. You can find a copy of the play here:
https://www.eighthandeight.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Les-belles-soeurs.pdf

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