Photo by Fred Cattroll

Women of the Fur Trade

by Frances Končan
Directed by Renae Morrisseau
September 24–October 4, 2025
Frederic Wood Theatre 
An NAC Indigenous, GCTC, NEPA production, presented by Touchstone Theatre in association with Western Canada Theatre and UBC Theatre and Film 

In eighteen hundred and something-something, somewhere upon the banks of a Reddish River in Treaty One Territory, three very different women with a preference for twenty-first century slang sit in a fort sharing their views on life, love, and the hot nerd Louis Riel. This lively historical satire of survival and cultural inheritance shifts perspectives from the male gaze onto women’s power in the past and present through the lens of the rapidly changing world of the Canadian fur trade.    

Following a sold-out premiere in January 2024 at Ottawa’s National Arts Centre, this production is revived with its first Western Canada stop. 

For more information and to purchase single tickets, please visit Touchstone Theatre. This production is included in a UBC Theatre 2025/2026 subscription package.