A Touchstone Theatre and Glitch Theatre co-production

VASCULAR NECROSIS

Written by Jordyn Wood
Directed by Daniela Atiencia

OCTOBER 7 – 18, 2026

A Flying Start Play

Five years ago, Penelope killed herself. Shortly after, she rose from the grave as a flesh-eating monster. Now, with the help of “de-necrotizers” — medication meant to subdue her zombie instincts, she gets to rejoin society in the land of the living. But how do you exist in a world you never wanted to be a part of?

Vascular Necrosis is an exploration of mental illness and belonging that offers a subversive, darkly-comedic take on the Zombie post-apocalyptic genre. Please be advised that while this play is a dark comedy, it does deal with intense themes of death, suicide, and grief.

Photo by Chelsey Stuyt. L-R: Evelyn Chew, Gabrielle Nebrida-Pépin, Marguerite Hanna.

  • WHERE

    THE NEST

  • ADDRESS

    1398 Cartwright St 3rd Floor, Vancouver, BC V6H 3T5

SHOWTIMES: Oct 7 - Oct 18, 2026

CONTENT INFO

"It’s a testament to Koncan’s writing that Woman of the Fur Trade works so masterfully as a satire: it disarms with its wit, charms with its narratives and provokes with its timeless themes."

Joshua Chong, Toronto Star

CAST + ARTISTS

ARTISTS

Playwright | Frances Končan

Director | Renae Morrisseau

Scenic Designer | Lauchlin Johnston

Lighting Designer | Jeff Harrison

Projection Designer | Candelario Andrade

Projection Design Assistant | Melissa Joakim 

Sound Designer/Composer | MJ Dandeneau

Sound Design Assistant | Miquelon Rodriguez

Associate Sound Designer | Jack Goodison

Costume Designer | Vanessa Imeson

Production Manager | Kayleigh Sandomirsky

Fight Director | John Koensgen

Revival Stage Manager | Erika Moray 

Revival Assistant Stage Manager | Elsa Orme

CAST

Marie-Angelique – Kelsey Kanatan Wavey

Cecilia – Cheri Maracle

Eugenia – Columpa Bobb

Louis Riel – Jonathan Fisher

Thomas Scott – Victor Hunter

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Frances Končan (she/they) is an Anishinaabe and Slovene playwright currently living in Vancouver, British Columbia, within the shared, unceded, ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. Originally from Couchiching First Nation, they grew up on Treaty 1 territory in Winnipeg, Manitoba and attended the University of Manitoba (BA Psychology) and the City University of New York Brooklyn College (MFA Playwriting). They are currently Assistant Professor of Playwriting at the University of British Columbia.