Lucia Frangione has spent her life telling stories that get under the skin. An acclaimed playwright, actor, screenwriter and author, she is one of Canada’s most distinctive storytellers. Her work has earned national and international recognition, including the Sydney J. Risk Prize and multiple Jessie Award nominations, with productions staged across Canada, the United States, Europe and Australia.

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Lucia has a gift for finding the fault lines beneath ordinary lives. She brings language to the truths we often sense but rarely say aloud, creating work that is fearless, tender and difficult to ignore.

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"Lucia will tell the story of the moments she realised she was settling into the comfort of familiar territory in her work and life, at the risk of stagnation. Staying true to her calling meant changing course, surprising herself, and navigating unknown waters. New facets of creative expression emerged when she challenged herself to go back to school, to fall in love, to become a voice for change." 

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Woven through those stories are the questions that have shaped her creative life:

Why do I believe what I believe, and do I still believe it now? Are my sources sound? Am I embracing the discomfort of facing the unknown? Are the questions in my work fearless and honest? Am I creating from a humble and generous place?

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It is a story about courage, reinvention and the willingness to keep expanding.

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Because sometimes the most faithful thing we can do is change our adjectives.

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