A play by Michel Marc Bouchard, La Nuit où Laurier Gaudreault s'est réveillé, is currently being performed at the Théâtre Tristan-Bernard in Paris. The play, written in 2019, is set in a morgue where an entire family gathers after the death of their mother. Mireille, the daughter of the deceased, returns to her hometown twenty-eight years after having left it, setting the stage for emotional confrontations and revelations about the family's past. The production is directed by Didier Brengarth, who stages the play with nuance and gradually increasing intensity. His direction brings out the tension and emotional depth of the story, allowing the audience to experience the characters' grief and memories in a layered way. The setting of a morgue, while unusual, serves as a powerful metaphor for the family's unresolved issues and the weight of their shared history. La Nuit où Laurier Gaudreault s'est réveillé is an adaptation of a work that was previously known to younger audiences through a television series made by filmmaker Xavier Dolan two years prior. This adaptation marks a return to Bouchard’s original work, which had already been brought to a wider audience through Dolan’s earlier television interpretation. This is not the first time Bouchard's work has been adapted for screen, as Tom à la ferme, another of his plays, was adapted into a film in 2013 by Dolan. The success of that film demonstrated the potential for Bouchard’s dramatic writing to translate well to the cinematic medium, and now, with La Nuit où Laurier Gaudreault s'est réveillé, his work continues to reach new audiences through both stage and screen adaptations.