For Immediate Release – May 11, 2023
THREE ORIGINAL PLAYS at NIFF 2023
From June 21-25, 2023, audiences at NIFF 2023 will have the chance to see three original Indigenous plays!
Toronto’s Centre for Indigenous Theatre presents “The Bridge” written and performed by Pesch Nepoose, director/dramaturge Ed Roy. (Drama, Age 14+).
A young indigenous woman has been drugged and is being held captive. She knows her abductors, and knows if she doesn't escape she'll probably end up dead. In this one-woman show, Kara and the various characters she encounters, takes the audience through the events that led up to her captivity, and eventually looks to the audience to help her resolve it's ending.
Trina Moyan is the writer/performer of “The Cave that Hummed a Song” directed by Jill Carter.
Written for Trina’s mentor Lee Maracle, the story was inspired by Lee’s philosophical musings on life, on being a woman, on blood memory and women taking their rightful place in society. A timely piece to reflect the MMIWG2S movement. It was birthed out of a traditional form of oral story keeping and the traditional way of telling stories from the heart and in the moment. In that, each time the story teller shares it – the story changes and is transformed by the listeners in the room.
From Winnipeg, Juicebox Theatre presents “An Indigenous Play” written and directed by Julia Ross with Jade Wood, Christian Perez-Carrillo and Hoang Quyrn.
This play explores the baggage that comes with being an Indigenous artist. How do people react to non-traditional art? Are land acknowledgments doing what we think they are? Dakota is having her first art show, but is it what everyone expects of her? After navigating troubles at work, troubles at home, and one crazy uncle, the Indigenous art show must go on.
All performances in Nozhem First Peoples’ Performance Space, Trent University East Bank. Show times and tickets at www.indigenousfringefest.ca.
For more information contact Lee Bolton at the phone/email above.
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