2009 PROJECT HOOP CONFERENCE:
EXCERPTS FROM THREE NEW PLAYS READ AND PERFORMED BY NATIVE ACTORS FOR 2009 PROJECT HOOP VIDEOCONFERENCE
Excerpts from new plays by three of the leading Native American playwrights were read and performed by casts of Native actors during the second half of the five and a half hours of the 2009 Project HOOP National Native Theater and Performing Arts Videoconference on Friday, December 4th. A scene from a recent work by a new playwright and two scenes from one of the most widely produced Native plays were also performed. Following is a listing of the presentations:
PERFORMANCES & STAGED READINGS
At the University of Maine:
Selected scenes from Wood Bones, a new play by William S. Yellow Robe, Jr., directed by Maulian Dana. Technical direction by Zachary Hart.
Cast:
Aya Mares……………121
William Yellow Robe………….Leroy Rose
Stage directions read by Nick Bear
A full production of Wood Bones will be presented in early 2010 by a new community theater group at the Penobscot Nation in Maine.
At Columbia University in New York
A reading of a scene from Smoke, by Vicki Ramirez, performed by Muriel Miguel and Muriel Borst of Spiderwoman Theater, New York City.
A staged reading of Smoke was performed at the Public Theater in New York City earlier this year. It is part of a trilogy Ms. Ramirez is writing.
At the University of California at Los Angeles:
Scenes from Act One of Evening at the Warbonnet, by Bruce King, Oneida Nation.
Cast:
Ki……………….Zahn McClarnon
Ducky…………Patrick Brown
Art………………Mark Parra
Mabel…………Sandra Horse
Sugar Lin……Elena Finney
Brave Eagle….William Elk III
Project HOOP’s HOOP Theatricals plans to present a full production of Evening at the Warbonnet at the Los Angeles Theater Center in 2010.
At Tulsa Community College West
A scene from Gallery Buffalo, by Julie Little Thunder
Cast:
Adam Wilson-Selby………………Griffin
Okcate Smith……………………….Merle
The Thunder Road Theater Company will produce Gallery Buffalo during the group’s season in early 2010.
At the University of Kansas at Lawrence:
Scenes from Star Stage Left, a new play by Bruce King, directed by Pat Melody for the American Indian Repertory Theater.
Cast:
Maid Liz………………Elizabeth King
Sergeant Brian……..Basil Bad Road
Diva Sheeva…………Diane Yeaquo Reyner
Trophy Doe………….Adosha Bennett
Uni Verse……………..Brad Horne
Dias Delano………….Curtis Woods
Technical Director…………Lee Saylor
Costume Designer…………Jennifer Attocknie
The world premiere of Star Stage Left is set for February, 2010 in Lawrence, Kansas.