Deneh’Cho Thompson is a Dene director, actor and playwright and displaced and dispossessed member of the Pehdzeh ki Nation. As Assistant Professor in the Department of Drama at the University of Saskatchewan he oversees the wîcêhtowin Theatre Program, one of few Indigenous theatre programs housed in a Canadian university.

Deneh’Cho’s research focuses on the development, naming, and centring of Indigenous acting pedagogy and Indigenous dramaturgies. Deneh’Cho is also engaged in the (re)storying of personal family archives focusing on healing, resilience, and Indigenous storywork (Archibald, 2008) as a pathway towards the creation of new works of theatre.