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Frances Koncan
Canadian journalist and play-write
Frances Koncan (born 1986) is an Saulteaux-Slovene journalist, theatre director, and playwright from Couchiching First Nation who lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba. As of 2023, Koncan uses she/they pronouns.[2]
Frances Koncan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1986[1] |
| Nationality | Couchiching First Nation, Canadian |
| Education | University of Manitoba (BA), Brooklyn College (MFA) |
| Occupation(s) | journalist, playwright, director |
| Notable work | Women of the Fur Trade Zahgidiwin/love |
Her play The Dance-off of Conscious Uncoupling received the 2015 Tom Hendry Award for Best New Comedy.
Koncan was born in May[3] of 1986[1] in Couchiching First Nation.[3]
She has a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Manitoba and a master's degree in fine arts in playwriting from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York.[3]
Koncan is currently an Assistant Professor at the School of Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia.[4]
She wrote the play Women of the Fur Trade,[5] zahgidiwin/love,[6] Flesh-Coloured Crayons,[7] and Space Girl.[8]
Koncan has also worked as assistant director on Seminar (for the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre/Mirvish Productions[3]), The Humans, and A Doll's House, Part 2,[3] (Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre[3]), and Stripped Down Anthony & Cleopatra[3] (Shakespeare in the Ruins).
In addition, Koncan worked as an arts reporter for the Winnipeg Free Press.[3] from 2019 to 2022.[9] They left the role and obtained the Writer-in-Residence position at the Winnipeg Public Library from 2022-2023.[10]
Koncan's theatrical work has won the REVEAL Indigenous Arts Award, the Winnipeg Arts Council's 2017 RBC On the Rise Award, and got her shortlisted for the Tarragon Emerging Playwrights Award.[1]
Television
- That’s AWSM![3]
Theatre
- Trendsettlers[3]
- Women of the Fur Trade[11][12]
- Riot Resist Revolt Repeat[3]
- zahgidiwin/love[5][6] (2016 Harry Rintoul Award winner[1])
- How to Talk to Human Beings[3]
- The Dance-off of Conscious Uncoupling[3][1] (2015 Tom Hendry Award for Best New Comedy[1])
- Little Red[3]
- Flesh-Coloured Crayons[5][7]
- Space Girl[13]
Film
- Outdigenous[3]
- "Frances Koncan". University of British Columbia - Creative Writing. University of British Columbia. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- "Frances Koncan – Winnipeg Free Press". Retrieved 2022-08-06.
- "Frances Koncan". University of British Columbia - Creative Writing. University of British Columbia. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- Hasselriis, Kaj (22 July 2016). "#FringeSoWhite: Why aren't there more Indigenous people and people of colour in the Fringe Festival?". CBC.
- Dempsey, Shawna (14 July 2016). "zahgidiwin/love (review)". CBC.
- Dempsey, Shawna (14 July 2016). "Flesh-Coloured Crayons (review)". CBC.
- "Space Girl by Frances Koncan - Digital | Upcoming Events | Tourism Winnipeg". www.tourismwinnipeg.com. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- "Frances Koncan". University of British Columbia - Creative Writing. University of British Columbia. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- "Winnipeg Public Library Writer-in-Residence". Winnipeg Public Library. Winnipeg Public Library. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- Stranger, Darrell (2020-03-02). "Life, love and Louis Riel: New play Women of the Fur Trade opens in Winnipeg". APTN News. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
- Cram, Stephanie (28 Feb 2020). "History, humour and a dash of Keanu Reeves: Women of the Fur Trade a fun, clever look at Red River Resistance". CBC.
- Updates, Ben Waldman Posted: Last Modified: | (2023-03-15). "PTE's new play does a mind meld on social media, TV, film and the internet". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 2024-02-18.