Opens at the 27th Weesageechak Begins to Dance!

Festival

Showtimes:

7:30 p.m., Wednesday, November 12

7:30 p.m., Friday, November 14

2:00 p.m., Sunday, November 16

Toronto Native Women in the Arts and Native Earth Performing Arts are proud to present the premier of Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue, a new play by playwright Gloria Miguel, the grandmother of contemporary Indigenous Theatre on Turtle Island. The one-woman show is a humorous and poignant look at the treatment of Elders in our society and runs November 12 16 as part of the 27th Weesagachuk Begins to Dance festival at the Aki Studio Theatre 585 Dundas Street East.

The play is told through the eyes of an 88-year-old Kuna/Rappahannock woman who comes down from the stars to 1920s Brooklyn. Miguels humour abounds as she rediscovers the influences that shaped her life as a senior, sharing stories that remind us that we too will be in her position at some point in our lives.

Native Women in the Arts recognizes the generous support of our presenting partner Native Earth Performing Arts, the Department of Canadian Heritage, Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council and Miziwe Biik Aboriginal Employment & Training.

For complete details about Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue,

visit nativeearth.ca/something-old/

Something Old, Something New,

Something Borrowed, Something Blue

A play by Gloria Miguel

Presented by Native Women in the Arts and Native Earth Performing Arts

November 12 16

Aiki Studio Theatre, 585 Dundas Street East

TICKETS: $20

Featuring:

Gloria Miguel - Actor

Cris Derksen - Live Cellist

Creative Team:

Jill Carter - Director

Monique Mojica - Dramaturge

Julia Tribe - Set & Costume

Spy Dnomm-Welch - Composer

Catherine Macgowan - Composer

Marsha Coffey - Sound

David DeGrow - Lighting

About Gloria Miguel:

Gloria Miguel is a founding member of Spiderwoman Theatre in New York City along with her sisters Muriel Miguel and Lisa Mayo. Founded in 1975, it is the longest running Native Theatre company in North America, and the worlds longest running feminist theatre collective. Over the many years, Spiderwoman Theatres work has always served talk about hard and complex issues, either it be about Feminism in the 70s, women and violence, being a woman of colour, and invisibility and visibility as a senior citizen.

The Director for this play Jill Carter refers to these sisters as the Grandmothers of Native Theatre, and they have made a way for generations of Native performers and theatre practitioners who follow them. Together these sisters have developed a dramaturgical structured that is known as Storyweaving, which is a distinct indigenous dramaturgical and performative methodology.

About Native Women in the Arts:

Native Women in the Arts was established in 1993, and is a not-for-profit organization for First Nations, Mtis, and Inuit women from diverse nations and artistic disciplines who share a common interest in culture, art, community and the advancement of Indigenous peoples.

Media & Event Contact:

Erika Iserhoff, Artistic Producer, Native Women in the Arts

Erika@nativewomeninthearts.com

Generously supported by:

Ontario Arts Council

Canada Council for the Arts

Toronto Arts Council

Department of Canadian Heritage