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Tara Beagan wins 2025 Governor General’s Award for drama

Published by Playwrights Canada Press, her multilingual play Rise, Red River connects environmental devastation with the intergenerational impacts of colonial violence.

By Krystal Abrigo / Nov 7, 2025

For director, actor, and educator Allen MacInnis, theatre is a precious opportunity for change

“You can’t perform if you’re self-conscious. It’s absolute death. And that extends to every other artist in the theatre: every designer, every director, every composer,” says the former artistic director of Young People’s Theatre. “If you’re concerned about how the audience will judge what you’ve done, something’s held back.”

By Nathaniel Hanula-James / May 27, 2025
iPhoto caption: Space Girl production shot by Joey Senft.

For lighting designer Hailey Verbonac, Indigenous design is in the details

Hailey Verbonac is a trailblazing designer — and budding rap lyricist. At least that’s the case with regard to his work on Space Girl, a new play by Frances Koncan that Prairie Theatre Exchange is presenting digitally following a live run in 2023.

By Nathaniel Hanula-James / Jan 19, 2024
iPhoto caption: Photo by Joey Senft

Space Girl marks 14th digital presentation for Prairie Theatre Exchange

Winnipeg’s Prairie Theatre Exchange continues its commitment to producing digital theatre with its new filmed version of Frances Koncan’s Space Girl.

By Liam Donovan / Jan 10, 2024