Aboriginal Summer Play Readings 2013
June 2013
Continuing Idle No More’s Path Through Voices of Conviction
The 2013 edition of Aboriginal Summer Play Readings was included as Associated Programming at the Adäka Cultural Festival.
Savage
By Yvette Nolan
Old Fire Hall - June 25th
Gary is Native and gay, and high school is killing him. Fiona saves him from a beating, but at what cost?
Directed by Geneviève Doyon
Annie Mae’s Movement
Old Fire Hall - June 25th
Anna Mae Pictou Aquash was a Mi’qmak woman from Nova Scotia who went to the States to join the American Indian Movement, to work for her people, for all Native people. She rose in the ranks, became a leader, a lover, a warrior. On a cold day in February, 1976, her body was found at the foot of a bluff on the Pine Ridge Reservation. What happened to Annie Mae?
Directed by Melaina Sheldon
By Yvette Nolan
Burning Vision
By Marie Clements
Old Fire Hall - June 26th
This sweeping award-winning play traces the journey of uranium from its origins in the Sahtu Dene earth, through water, over land and into fire- the bombs that dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Directed by Patti Flather
Playwright In Residence
Gwaandak Theatre also continued its emphasis on nurturing new stories for the stage, offering a week’s writing residency to Dene/Inuk playwright Reneltta Arluk, as she completes her new play Tookoolito, inspired by the true story of the 19th century Inuk heroine who balanced life in both Inuit and European worlds. Arluk also did a series of free library readings that was presented by Yukon Public Libaries, the Adäka Cultural Festival and Gwaandak Theatre.
Children’s Storytelling from 12:30-4:30PM (30 Minute Sessions)
Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre (National Aboriginal Day) - June 21st
Selections from Arluk’s book, Thoughts & Other Human Tendencies, and more from 12PM
Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre (Adäka Cultural Festival) - June 25th
Teslin Community Library - June 25th
All-Ages Storytelling from 6:30PM
CREDITS
Featuring Dennis Allen, Devon Armstrong, Rae Mombourquette, Christine Genier, Erin Corbett, Eric Epstein, Jared Lutchman, Charles Eshleman, Alexandria McKenna, Gurdeep Pandher, Elizabeth Smith, Winluck Wong
Playwright | Yvette Nolan
Playwright | Marie Clements
Playwright In Residence | Reneltta Arluk
Directors | Geneviève Doyon, Patti Flather, & Melaina Sheldon
Director Mentors | Yvette Nolan & Mary Sloan
Stage Managers | Geneviève Doyon & Kieran Poile
