Franny Wisp: The washboard-wielding wonder of South Georgian Bay
I wrote this profile for Rrampt on Fran Bouwman, a sculptor by trade who moonlights as Franny Wisp — a washboard-playing musical comedian whose act mines the embarrassments of dating, aging, and being a woman in her 50s for satire.
The piece traces how Franny Wisp came to be almost by accident, from a chance encounter with an old washboard to an open mic night that went better than expected, and gets into what drives Bouwman to keep pushing an act that's equal parts vulnerable and unapologetically funny. It's a character-driven profile built around a single, vivid personality rather than a topic or trend.
