
Historical
Bunk Number Seven/ “Bunk #7”
Drawn from the playwright's experiences at residential school, the play explores the influence a favourite supervisor has on improving the boy's lives, and what happens when that supervisor is suddenly fired.

TUMIT, meaning "tracks" in Inuvialuktun, is a northern Indigenous play that weaves contemporary and traditional storytelling together. TUMIT explores the cycles that can pass from generation to generation. Based in an apartment in the city, Sarah, the protagonist, discovers she is pregnant and has to move out of the place she once shared with her husband, David. As she packs, Sarah disjointedly journeys through her life revisiting the familial relationships and places that brought her to where she is now. She searches for the answer needing to know, "Can cycles ever really be broken?" Here she re-visits her greatest joys and faces her greatest pains that will ultimately determine her decision to become a mother or not. - Akpik Theatre
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Suitable for School Performances: Students age 16+
2009, Akpik Theatre at the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre - Second Space, Yellowknife, NT.
2014
Playwrights of Canada (Playwrights Guild of Canada)
Digital Script
Official website: http://akpiktheatre.com/tumit
Official website: http://akpiktheatre.com/tumit

Historical
Drawn from the playwright's experiences at residential school, the play explores the influence a favourite supervisor has on improving the boy's lives, and what happens when that supervisor is suddenly fired.

Realistic
Frank LaFontaine and his children, BJ, Junior, and Mary, seem to have their dysfunctional lives under control until estranged younger sister Jaz shows up from Vancouver. The black sheep of the family, Jaz disrupts the family balance by challenging it. She has embraced her Native heritage and as her mother lies in a coma and the Northern Lights dance, she encourages her unwilling family to face the truth of their ancestry.