About the 2007 Native Theater Festival

Wednesday, December 5 at 7 PM
In A World Created by a Drunken God
By Drew Hayden Taylor (Ojibway)
Directed by Kennetch Charlette (Cree)

While Jason packs up his Toronto apartment, looking forward to starting a new life by moving home to his family’s reserve, he is interrupted by an unannounced visitor who drags him into the past he had long forgotten. A finalist for the prestigious Canada Council for the Arts Governor General’s Literary Award.

Post-Show Discussion featuring Drew Hayden Taylor, Kennetch Charlette, Terry Gomez, Jennifer Podemski and Randy Reinholz; moderated by Oskar Eustis.

Wednesday, December 5 at 9:30 PM
Joy Harjo and the Arrow Dynamics Band
Poetry-rock-jazz-reggae gone native at Joe’s Pub, featuring Larry Mitchell, Keith Golden, Alex Alexander and Robert Muller.

Thursday, December 6 at 8 PM
Salvage
By Diane Glancy (Cherokee)
Directed by Sheila Tousey (Menominee and Stockbridge-Munsee)

This dark drama, about lives colliding in the aftermath of a car accident, is also part of the Fall 2007 Festival of New Plays at Los Angeles’ Native Voices at the Autry, where it premiered the following year.

Post-Show Discussion featuring Diane Glancy, Sheila Tousey, Daniel David Moses and Randy Reinholz; moderated by Mandy Hackett.

Friday, December 7 at 8 PM
A Stray Dog
By William S. Yellow Robe, Jr. (Assiniboine)
Directed by Peter DuBois

Alec returns home to his home on the reservation and has to fight the ongoing struggle of Tribal recognition with his family, like a stray dog returning to its pack. William S. Robe, Jr. is one of the leading Native playwrights in the United States.

Post-Show Discussion featuring William S. Yellow Robe, Jr.,
Peter DuBois, Hanay Geiogamah, Terry Gomez and Yvette Nolan; moderated by Oskar Eustis.

Saturday, December 8 at 6 PM
Wings of Night Sky, Wings of Morning Light
By Joy Harjo (Mvskoke/Creek)
Directed by Lisa Peterson

Join us for a sneak-peek at the first piece written for the theater by internationally known poet, performer, writer and musician Joy Harjo, who has performed on “Def Poetry Jam” on HBO, is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers Circle of the Americas, and has recently received the First Nations Composers Initiative Composers Grant.

Post-Show Discussion featuring Joy Harjo, Lisa Peterson, Hanay Geiogamah and Daniel David Moses; moderated by Mandy Hackett.

Sunday, December 9 at 8 PM
Tales of an Urban Indian
A Staged Presentation
Written and performed by Darrell Dennis (Secwepemc)

Darrell Dennis tells the tale of Simon Douglas, an Indian born on a reservation and named by the U.S. government, who tries to find his way in the big city.

Post-Show Discussion featuring Darrell Dennis, Hanay Geiogamah and Yvette Nolan; moderated by Mandy Hackett.