Marie-Pierre de Brienne

Marie-Pierre de Brienne completed her studies in Musical Theater Performance and Composition and Arrangement at the Lionel-Groulx College in Quebec. Impassioned about musical theatre, she landed her first role in La Melodie du Bonheur (The Sound of Music), produced by Just For Laughs and directed by Denise Filiatrault, performing the young sweetheart and oldest sibling of the von Trapp family, Liesl von Trapp (2010-2015). The cast was nominated for ADISQ's "Show of the Year - Performer". Realizing many of her dearest dreams at the same time, she won the role of Yvette Durelle in The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, based on the novel by Mordecai Richler, in its 2015 World Premiere. The original musical is performed at the Segal Center for Performing Arts, book and lyrics by David Spencer (author of The Musical Theatre Writer's Survival Guide) and music by Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, Little Shop of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin), direction by Austin Pendleton. Marie-Pier