Native Voices Presents 27th Festival of New Plays

FEATURING

K'kali by June Thiele (Athabascan/Yup’ik) Tuesday, June 15, 5:00 p.m. A magical, modern tale of a queer Indigenous artist who wrestles with her culture, identity, relationships . . . and perhaps a real-life monster.

Director: Rhiana Yazzie (Diné) Dramaturg: Kirin McCrory Stage Manager: P. C. Verrone (Osage, Kiowa) TINITUN

Samantha Bowling (Cherokee)

TRISH CHRIS GILLY K'KALI

Lauren Fisher

Tyler Cook

Ernest Briggs (White Earth Nation) Brían Pagaq Wescott (Athabascan/Yup’ik)

Arbeka by Tara Moses (Seminole Nation of Oklahoma) Tuesday, June 22, 5:00 p.m.

Can one truly go home again? Hokte Tiger is about to find out when she returns to the Arbeka grounds in Oklahoma. After a decade in Hollywood, Hokte must confront past tragedies, mistakes, and wounds. Does she have what it takes to be a Tiger? Director: Madeline Sayet (Mohegan) Dramaturg: Carolyn Dunn (Cherokee, Mvskoke, Tunica/Choctaw-Biloxi) Stage Manager: Amanda Luke (Choctaw/Cherokee) LORETTA CLOUD Jehnean Washington (Yuchi, Seminole, Shoshone) PANCAKE Tom Allard (Cherokee) HOKTE TIGER Jen Olivares (Acjachemen, Juaneño Band of Mission Indians) BILLIE CLOUD-HARJO Candice Byrd (Cherokee Nation/Quapaw Nation/Osage Nation) JIMMY CLOUD-HARJO Kenny Ramos (Barona Band of Mission Indians/Kumeyaay Nation) REX STAR Kholan Studi (Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma) When We Breathe by Jaisey Bates (Huron heritage’d) Tuesday, June 29, 5:00 p.m. Four paths cross in a sacred, storied land where every breath is a riot of beauty—a revolutionary act of courage, grit, grace, faith, and fire. Director: Nailah Unole Dida-nese’ah Harper-Malveaux (Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma) Dramaturg / Culture & Language Consultant: Blossom Johnson (Diné) Stage Manager: Emily Preis (Osage) TEE Kaili Y. Turner (Nipmuc) BEE Tanis Parenteau (Métis Nation of Alberta) SHE Rainbow Dickerson (Thai/Rappahannock)

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