Musical written in English, French, and Kanien´kéha (Mohawk), tells the tory of Kateri, a young Kanien´kehá:ka girl, and her brother Jean-Baptiste, whose lives are disrupted upon the arrival of Les Filles due Roi in 1665. They forge an unlikely relationship with young fille Marie-Jeanne Lespérance, whose dreams of a new life are more complicated than she could have imagined. Over the course of a year, Kanien´kehá:ka, French and English journeys collide, setting the stage for the Canada we know today.
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2018, Urban Ink, Vancouver
2019
Scirocco Books
9781927922545
NOTE FROM READER: Play includes a female chorus in addition to named roles. Scenes and songs written in French and Kanien'keha. as well as English
NOTE FROM READER: Play includes a female chorus in addition to named roles. Scenes and songs written in French and Kanien'keha. as well as English
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