Fran Gebhard Explained

Fran Gebhard
Education:University of British Columbia (MFA)[1]
Occupation:Actress, director, and professor

Fran Gebhard is a Canadian actress and theatre director.[2] She is most noted for her performance in the 1987 film Blue City Slammers, for which she received a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 9th Genie Awards.[3] She is currently a professor at the University of Victoria.

Career

Gebhard has had supporting or guest roles in the films A Piano for Mrs. Cimino, , Love and Murder, Ernest Goes to School and Case 39, and the television series Check It Out!, , T. and T., The Dead Zone, The Chris Isaak Show and The L Word. As a director, her work has included productions of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Wreckage, The School for Scandal, Crackpot, The Affections of May, Twelfth Night, For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again and A Midsummer Night's Dream.[2]

She has also been associated with the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, including as program head of the Playwrights' Colony and coordinator of the Screenwriters' Workshop.

Gebhard has often served as a festival adjudicator for Theatre BC's regional zone festivals. Gebhard adjudicated the 2014 North Island Zone Drama Festival.[4] In 2015, she was the Main Stage Adjudicator for Kamloops.[5] Gebhard adjudicated the Fraser Valley Zone Festival in 2017. In 2018, she adjudicated the Kitimat Drama Festival.[6] She served as the Main Stage Adjudicator in Vernon in 2022.[7]

A theatre professor at the University of Victoria,[8] [9] Gebhard has directed productions for the university's Phoenix Theatre. In 2016, she directed Les Liaisons Dangereuses.[10] She directed Morris Panych's 7 Stories in 2019.[11] In 2021, Gebhard directed George F. Walker's Problem Child[12] and Sarah Ruhl's Dead Man's Cell Phone.[13]

Gebhard has also directed several productions for Victoria's Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre including The Importance of Being Earnest (2016),[14] Barefoot in the Park (2019),[15] and Salt Water Moon (2021)[16]

Filmography

Film

Notes
1986Woman at Cafe
1988Blue City SlammersBarb
1990Love & MurderWilma Evans
1994Ernest Goes to SchoolMiss Cosgrove
2009Case 39Coordinator

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1982data-sort-value="Piano for Mrs. Cimino, A" A Piano for Mrs. CiminoGloria CiminoTelevision film
1983data-sort-value="Shaft of Love, The" The Shaft of LoveNurse with Thermometer
1985Check It Out!Lady ShopperEpisode: "Seven Days Make One Week"
1986data-sort-value="Ray Bradbury Theater, The" The Ray Bradbury TheaterNeighbourEpisode: "The Screaming Woman"
1987Walking on AirJason's MomTelevision film
1988Bradley / Marlene2 episodes
1990T. and T.Marlene NesmithEpisode: "A Lesson in Values"
1990PersonalsMelodyTelevision film
1992ShameBetty
1993data-sort-value="Substitute, The" The SubstituteFemale Teacher
2001Wolf LakeNurseEpisode: "Excitable Boy"
2002data-sort-value="Dead Zone, The" The Dead ZoneHenrietta Dodd2 episodes
2002, 2004data-sort-value="Chris Isaak Show, The" The Chris Isaak ShowDebbie / Betty
2007data-sort-value="L Word, The" The L WordConnieEpisode: "Little Boy Blue"

Notes and References

  1. Web site: June 1, 2017. Minty: Zoned in on community theatre, which isn’t ‘amateur’ at all - Surrey Now-Leader . September 15, 2022 . www.surreynowleader.com . en-US.
  2. Adrian Chamberlain, "Midsummer Night's Dream goes punk; New York scene in late '70s inspires director Fran Gebhard". Victoria Times-Colonist, November 6, 2014.
  3. Liam Lacey, "Quebec film picks up 14 nominations: Zoo paces race for Genies". The Globe and Mail, February 17, 1988.
  4. Web site: Gough . Brenda . May 13, 2014. Mix of genres offers a theatrical feast . September 15, 2022. Parksville Qualicum Beach News . en-US.
  5. Web site: Lamb-Yorski . Monica . July 16, 2015 . Williams Lake Studio Theatre receives accolades at Mainstage 2015 . September 15, 2022 . Williams Lake Tribune . en-US.
  6. Web site: Gervais . Brittany . June 7, 2018. Terrace Little Theatre wins big at Kitimat Drama Festival . September 15, 2022 . Terrace Standard . en-US.
  7. Web site: Handschuh . Darren . July 4, 2022. Main Stage 2022 will take place July 11-16 in Vernon . September 15, 2022 . Castanet . en.
  8. Adrian Chamberlain, "Liaisons a bona fide coup for UVic team". Victoria Times-Colonist, November 13, 2016.
  9. Web site: Prendergast . Monica . 2019's theatre report card is in . September 15, 2022 . Focus on Victoria . en-CA.
  10. Web site: Chamberlain . Adrian . November 12, 2016 . Review: Les Liaisons Dangereuses a bona fide coup for UVic team . September 15, 2022 . Victoria Times Colonist . en.
  11. Web site: March 3, 2019 . UVic production of 7 Stories features original 23 foot tall set . September 15, 2022 . Monday Magazine . en-US.
  12. Web site: Devlin . Mike . March 18, 2021 . First show by the Phoenix Theatre in over a year goes the livestream route . September 15, 2022 . Victoria Times Colonist . en.
  13. Web site: Devlin . Mike . November 12, 2021 . Phoenix Theatre returns for its first mainstage production since March 2020 . September 15, 2022 . Victoria Times Colonist . en.
  14. Web site: Chamberlain . Adrian . July 7, 2016 . Veteran actors come full circle in Importance of Being Earnest . September 15, 2022 . Victoria Times Colonist . en.
  15. Web site: Horne . Chris . July 10, 2019 . Local theatre takes on 1963 comedic classic Barefoot in the Park . September 15, 2022 . Martlet.ca . en-US.
  16. Web site: Devlin . Mike . July 2, 2021 . Blue Bridge welcomes in-person audiences back to the theatre . September 15, 2022 . Victoria Times Colonist . en.