Chantal Bilodeau
Chantal Bilodeau is a Montreal-born, New York-based playwright and translator whose work focuses on the intersection of storytelling and the climate crisis. Her plays have been presented in a dozen countries and translated into four languages. Her ongoing project is a series of eight plays that look at the social and environmental changes taking place in the eight Arctic states. She is the founder of the Arts & Climate Initiative and in her capacity as artistic director, has spearheaded local and global initiatives for over two decades, getting the theatre and educational communities, as well as global audiences, to engage in climate action through programming that includes live events, talks, publications, workshops, artist convenings, and a worldwide distributed theatre festival. She is the recipient of multiple awards and 2019, she was named one of “8 Trailblazers Who Are Changing the Climate Conversation” by Audubon Magazine.