The Théâtre du Nouveau Monde (TNM) is a theatre company and venue

Theater (structure)

A theater or theatre is a structure where theatrical works or plays are performed or other performances such as musical concerts may be produced. While a theater is not required for performance , a theater serves to define the performance and audience spaces...

 located on rue Sainte-Catherine

Rue Sainte-Catherine

Streets named the Rue Sainte-Catherine, French for Saint Catherine Street, are found in the following cities:*Rue Sainte-Catherine *Rue Sainte-Catherine, Lyon*Rue Sainte-Catherine...

 in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

. Founded in , it launched with the classic play L'Avare by Molière

Molière

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature...

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Initially located at the Gesù (1951–1958), it subsequently moved to the Orpheum, then after 1966 it transferred to the salle Port-Royal at Place des Arts

Place des Arts

right|frame|View of the Place des Arts esplanade. The Musée d'art contemporain is on the left; behind it is the Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, with the Théâtre Maisonneuve on the rightPlace des Arts is a major performing arts centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada....

 and remained there until 1972.

In 1972, the TNM bought the building where the Gayety Theatre and later the Théâtre de la Comédie-Canadienne once performed. The building was renovated in 1997 by Montreal architect Dan Hanganu

Dan Hanganu

Dan Hanganu, CM is a Romanian-born Canadian architect. Based in Montreal, Quebec, he has designed a number of prominent Quebec buildings, including the new wing of the Pointe-à-Callière Museum, the HEC Montréal building, the concert Hall of Rimouski, the UQAM design school and several other...

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Founders

• Jean-Louis Roux
  Jean-Louis Roux
  Jean-Louis Roux, CC, CQ is a noted entertainer and playwright, senator, and briefly the 26th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, Canada.-Biography:...
  
  
• Jean Gascon
  Jean Gascon
  Jean Gascon, was a Canadian opera director, actor, and administrator.From 1968 to 1974, he was the artistic director of the Stratford Festival of Canada.-Honours:...
  
  
• Guy Hoffmann
• Georges Groulx
  Georges Groulx
  George Groulx is an actor born in Quebec, Montreal on June 22nd, 1922 and died on February 9th, 1997 in Montreal, Canada.-Filmography:* 1954: 14, rue de Galais* 1957: Opération-mystère* 1958: Le Courrier du roy* 1962: Les Enquêtes Jobidon...
  
  
• Robert Gadouas
• Éloi de Grandmont
• André Gascon

Directors

• Jean Gascon
  Jean Gascon
  Jean Gascon, was a Canadian opera director, actor, and administrator.From 1968 to 1974, he was the artistic director of the Stratford Festival of Canada.-Honours:...
  
   (1951–1966)
• Jean-Louis Roux
  Jean-Louis Roux
  Jean-Louis Roux, CC, CQ is a noted entertainer and playwright, senator, and briefly the 26th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, Canada.-Biography:...
  
   (1966–1982)
• André Pagé (1981)
• Olivier Reichenbach (1982–1992)
• Lorraine Pintal (1992-)

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