Stories of the Canadian Arctic intersect in this epic five-hundred-year journey led by a one-eared polar bear. In 1535, Hummiktuq, an Inuk widow, has a strange dream about the future. The next day, she discovers a bear cub floating on ice near a breathing hole. Despite the concerns of her community, she adopts him and names him Angu’řuaq. In 1845, Angu’řuaq and his mate Ukuannuaq wander into a chance meeting between explorers from the Franklin Expedition and Inuit hunters. Later, when the explorers are starving, the bears meet them again. By 2035, entrepreneurs are assessing degrees of melting ice for future opportunities. Angu’řuaq encounters the passengers and crew of a luxury cruise ship as it slinks through the oily waters of the Northwest Passage. Humorous and dramatic, The Breathing Hole is a profound saga that traces the paths of colonialism and climate change to a deeply moving conclusion.
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2017, Stratford Festival, Ontario
2020
Playwrights Canada Press
9780369101105
The book release is in both English and "Nattilingmiutut, an Inuktitut dialect spoken in Western Nunavut"
The book release is in both English and "Nattilingmiutut, an Inuktitut dialect spoken in Western Nunavut"
Stylized
Four female panelists come together to debate whether women should disregard and leave religion behind, or continue to practice their spiritual practices. The play cracks open intersectionality to analyze the ways in which organized religion supports, or breaks down women's freedoms and rights. In conversations of religion and feminism, is it possible to live in a world where we as humans can respect each other's beliefs rather than try to win some sort of religious war?
Stylized
Julie, a young Jamaican Canadian screenwriter, is passionately working on an adaptation of one of the most beloved American novels of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird, telling the story from the perspective of the Finch family’s Black maid, Calpurnia. But within the safe confines of her wealthy father’s home, and besides all the encouragement from their Filipina housekeeper Precy, Julie struggles with writer’s block and numerous distractions as her family prepares for an important dinner party. When her brother challenges her, saying she’s appropriating a culture she doesn’t belong to, she goes to dramatic lengths to prove her point, only to find she has much to learn. -- Publisher.
