Some Events

Hey guys! This is the email my theater professor sent me. Some free events for your reviews and blurbs.

This Friday and Saturday there is a festival of plays by first Native American/First Nations playwrights. All shows are free.

The Public Theatre
425 Lafayette St
New York, NY 10003
(212) 539-8500
www.publictheater.org

The Public Theater
Thursday, November 13 at 8pm – FREE
The Conversion of Ka’ahumanu
By Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl (Native Hawaiian /Samoan)
Set in Hawaii during the early 19th Century, this poignant piece
explores the complex relationships amongst Christian missionaries andindigenous women forty years after the islands’ first contact with the West. Honolulu-based writer Victoria Kneubuhl is a recipient of the prestigious Hawai`i Award for Literature.
(Post Show Discussion)

Friday, November 14 at 8pm – FREE
Chasing Honey
By Laura Shamas (Chickasaw)
Directed by Alanis King (Odawa Nation)
With her loving father serving in Afghanistan and her drug-addicted
mother coming back into her life, Sandy turns to Len, keeper of a
struggling bee colony and new member of her college’s Native AmericanStudies Club. Chasing Honey has received workshops at Native Earth in Toronto and Native Voices at The Autry in Los Angeles.
(Post Show Discussion: Contemporary Native Playwriting)

Saturday, November 15 at 8pm – FREE
Re-Creation Story
By Eric Gansworth (Onondaga)
Directed by Leigh Silverman
Novelist, poet, essayist and visual artist Eric Gansworth, winner of
the PEN Oakland-Josephine Miles National Literary Award for Fiction,brings us his personal exploration of the Haudenosaunee creationnarrative. He playfully alters the oral tradition’s fluid nature to reflect issues relevant to a contemporary Haudenosaunee life.
Post Show Discussion: Bringing Oral Tradition to the Stage
Special Guests: Eric Gansworth (playwright), Daniel David Moses
(playwright), Leigh Silverman (director), and Edward Wemytewa
(playwright/performer).