Sally's Rape is a 45-minute performance art piece from 1991 that played at The Kitchen in New York City. The show was inspired by McCauley's enslaved great-great grandmother Sally who had a child fathered by her enslaver, the product of sexual violence. In one portion of the piece, McCauley stands naked on a bench. A white woman enters and tells the audience that the bench is an auction box and encourages the audience to bid on McCauley's body—something McCauley described as a ritual intended to engage the audience with her in addressing the historical experience of African-American women who were objects of white abuse, and opening a dialogue with the audience.
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1991, The Kitchen, New York
1993
Theatre Communications Group
978-1559360654
included in Moon Marked & Touched by Sun, Sydné Mahone Ed.
included in Moon Marked & Touched by Sun, Sydné Mahone Ed.
Realistic
Four women prepare for the visit of Prime Minister Laurier to Kamloops in 1910. A retyelling of how Indigenous people lost their fishing, hunting, and other rights without their agreement or signed treaties.
Realistic
Mahmoud is a passionate, Iranian engineer-cum-taxi driver who relishes the chance to regale his passengers with his love of Persian culture. Emanuelos, a gay Spanish perfume salesman, can talk a mile-a-minute about his boyfriend, Behnam. And then there's Tara, an awkwardly charming Iranian-Canadian preteen who just wants to be "normal", whatever that means. When the three strangers find themselves crossing paths in the busy streets of Toronto, their experiences with racism, sexism, homophobia, homesickness, and everything in between become intertwined in unexpected ways.
