Marshall Button
Marshall Button Actor/Director/Playwright/Arts Administrator/Journalist/Educator
Marshall Button lives in Moncton, New Brunswick where he occupies the posts of Artist-in-Residence at The Capitol Theatre, and president of The HubCap Comedy Festival. He is best known for his creation Lucien, New Brunswick’s Blue-Collar Philosopher. The five full-length Lucien plays have been performed more than 2,500 times throughout its nearly 40-year run. The series includes Lucien (1986), Lucien’s Labour Lost (1993), Lucien Snowbird (2003), Helter Smelter (2007), and Lucien in Trumpland (2021). He has also collaborated on many English-French translations of his and other playwright’s works.
A Paul Harris Fellow, he was awarded the Order of Moncton in 2012, the Order of New Brunswick in 2008 – when he was also awarded an honorary doctorate from St Thomas University. In 2023 he was a recipient of The Queen’s Jubilee Medal, and in 2024 was awarded the prestigious New Brunswick Lieutenant Governor’s award for excellence in the performing arts.
