TYA (14-18 recommended)
Annie Mae’s Movement
The story of Anna Mae Aquash, a Mi'q mak woman from Nova Scotia, who went to the U.S. to work with the American Indian Movement, and ended up dead.
Les Filles du Roi
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.
About Playwright(s)
Cast Information
Cultural background of characters
Total number of characters
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Female roles
Male roles
Transgender roles
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Non-Binary Gender Non-Conforming roles
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Gender unespecified roles
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Actor-Friendly Parts
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Production and Publication
First produced
2018, Urban Ink, Vancouver
Publication year
2019
Published by
Scirocco Books
ISBN
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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