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And then there was you
A mother addresses her child as they both visit milestones that offered them each independence, and in the process explores how the profound connection between mother and child evolves.
A Very Polite Genocide or The Girl Who Fell to Earth
A dense play with complicated threads: a young woman’s sense of identity is buried under the scar tissue of the residential school system. A chance encounter with a photograph exposes the legacy that binds her to her family and its ghosts.
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First produced
2008, Native Earth, Toronto
Publication year
2018
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Playwrights Canada Press
ISBN
978-1-77091-914-3
Included in Indian Acts: Residential School Plays, edited by Donna-Michelle St. Bernard (said book won the Patrick O'Neill Award in 2019)
Included in Indian Acts: Residential School Plays, edited by Donna-Michelle St. Bernard (said book won the Patrick O'Neill Award in 2019)
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