Who is she?

Gwen Coburn is a comedian and musician who uses her vocal physiology degree to sing beautifully about terrible things.

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Called "a funny, foul-mouthed female Noel Coward" by the Orlando Weekly, she's charmed audiences from Elgin to Edmonton with songs about daddy issues and depression while wearing sparkles.

 

Her award-winning show Sad Girl Songs won Best Musical at Winnipeg Fringe. The Winnipeg Free Press gave it ★★★★½. Critics say audiences "laugh, cry, and audibly gasp in shock."

 

Next stop: Edinburgh Fringe.

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Also just won Fringe's Buzziest Show Award for co-writing Who's Afraid of the West Cherry Orchard. Published in McSweeney's, Reductress, and Modern Love. Her writing's been described as "genuinely upsetting, in a good way"—which is basically her whole vibe.

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Boston-based. Horse-obsessed. Her mom calls it "the dark feminist stuff."