Rue Duplessis - ma petite noirceur

Who would have thought that a guy from Drummondville’s Duplessis street, who grew up in poverty, fear and prejudice, would become an esteemed sociologist and a well-known Radio-Canada host? Jean-Philippe Pleau grew up in a caring family where intellectual ambition was viewed with suspicion: [translation] “School is for people who fart higher than their own hole,” as the saying goes. Raised on “macarouni” baked with Kraft Singles cheese, the man best known for his delightful reflections on C’est fou... (with Serge Bouchard) and Réfléchir à voix haute is now a stranger to the world he grew up in, without really belonging to the world where he has ended up.

Rue Duplessis is his story, the story of his “internal migration” as a class defector; but it’s also a critical look at the socio-economic inequalities that all too often still dictate the destinies and aspirations of those [translation] “born to live on crumbs.” A funny and moving journey, full of courage, nostalgia... and sociology.

Text: Jean-Philippe Pleau
Stage adaptation: David Laurin
Director: Marie-Ève Milot
Performance: Steve Laplante, Michel-Maxime Legault and Jean-Philippe Pleau
Assistant director: Josianne Dulong-Savignac
Stage design: Geneviève Lizotte
Costumes: Cynthia St-Gelais
Lighting: Paul Chambers
Music: Antoine Berthiaume
Production Duceppe