Indigenous Summer Play Readings 2019
June & July 2019
Indigenous Summer Play Readings are back this year - featuring two bold works by Indigenous women playwrights - directed and performed by local talent.
The Born-Again Crow
By Caleigh Crow
Old Fire Hall - June 11th
There is Violence and There is Righteous Violence and There is Death or, The Born-Again Crow
Recently fired from her grocery store job after a confrontation with her boss, Beth returns to her childhood home to start again. Her mother introduces a birdfeeding setup as part of her recovery. Beth takes to it like a duck to water. As one birdfeeder turns into three, to six, to twelve, crows descend on the cul-de-sac, much to the chagrin of her well-to-do-neighbours, while her ex-boyfriend reintroduces himself. When a crow begins to speak to her, events take a dangerous turn. She always thought the world had more malice than magic… was she wrong?
Directed by Leonard Linklater
Neechi-Itas
By Joanne MacDonald
Directed by Véronique Lachance
Whitehorse Library - July 4th
When the man responsible for almost ruining Spencer’s life is finally caught after 10 years, she and her three Neechies must prove “the smoking gun” was fired with the best of intentions.
The July 4th encore reading was a Cultural Presentation at the Adäka Cultural Festival.
Old Fire Hall - June 13th
CREDITS
Featuring Maria Rose Sikyea, RP Singh, Dorothy Thomas, Nic Netro-Hendrie, Rae Mombourquette, Roy Nielson, Carrie Boles, Gurdeep Pandher, Christine Genier, Stormy Bradley, Andrameda Lutchman, Charlene Abraham
Playwright | Caleigh Crow
Playwright | Joanne MacDonald
Directors | Leonard Linklater & Véronique Lachance
Stage Manager | Jordan Kaltenbruner
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHTS
Caleigh Crow is a Métis writer, musician, educator and performer from Calgary. Playwriting credits include HEXEN, The Order of the Poor Ladies, Kill Time Before Time Kills You. She has written and performed in the sketch comedy show Betch-A-Sketch at the St Ambroise Montreal FRINGE Festival, and the Revolution They Wrote: Feminist Short Works Theatre Festival. She also plays bass guitar in the band Pope Joan. Her work tends towards themes of metaphysics, class struggle, magic, and joy. She is an artist during the night. During the day she sells eight hours of her life to a house cleaning service.
Joanne MacDonald is Anishinaabe, a mom, and an Eddie Izzard/Henry Rollins and theatre fan. She gave up dreams of Super villainy as it wasn’t as lucrative as depicted at the job fairs (false advertising… but then again what can you expect from an evil genius job pitch). Jo has written plays for EAL classrooms and GERI\THE/ATRICS Theatre Co. Her play OUR HOME & native land was Sarasvati’s FEMFEST 2017 Bake Off winner. It will be part of a Reconciliation Project presented by Sarasvati Productions in May 2019. Jo made her Winnipeg Fringe debut with Mother’s Little Secret (2018).