TUMIT

By Reneltta Arluk

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

About Playwright(s)

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Female roles

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Monologue level

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Suitable for School Performances: Students age 16+

Production and Publication

First produced

2009, Akpik Theatre at the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre - Second Space, Yellowknife, NT.

Publication year

2014

Published by

Playwrights of Canada (Playwrights Guild of Canada)

ISBN

Digital Script

Official website: http://akpiktheatre.com/tumit

Official website: http://akpiktheatre.com/tumit

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