WORLD PREMIERE

LIVE ACTION | USA | 18 MINUTES | English

Glen Reige 20 WP

Director Vickie Ramirez

Roberta, an urban Mohawk woman living in New York City, has her best friend from the rez, Krystal, come to the city. Krystal goes missing and her body is eventually found. Krystal sadly ends up being a MMIW statistic. Roberta returns to their regular watering hole to confront the bartender and try and figure out what happened. The bar is deserted except for Roberta and a Black man taking refuge from the “die-in” protests at Grand Central over police brutality. With the pub deserted and the bartender strangely absent, these two strangers have their run of the place. But as the liquor starts to flow, so do some inconvenient truths. Based on the short play by Vickie Ramirez which premiered Off-Broadway in Summer Shorts at 59E59 Theaters.

CAST & CREDITS

Director

Vickie Ramirez

Producer

Tanis Parenteau

Screenwriter

Vickie Ramirez

Key Cast

Tanis Parenteau, Freddie Fulton

Directors Bio

Vickie Ramirez is Tuscarora from Six Nations of the Grand River. She is a founding member of Chukalokoli Theater. Her work has been developed and/or produced at Native Voices at the Autry, Alter Theater, The Public Theater, The Roundabout Theatre Company, and Labyrinth Theater Company. Honors: Resident-New Dramatists through 2027, Winner-2020 Smith Prize for Political Theater (NNPN), The Kilroys-Honorary Mention 2019 for Pure Native and 2014 for Standoff At Hwy#37, Semi-finalist-Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2019, Semi-finalist Eugene O’Neill National Playwright’s Conference 2018, Alumna-Public Theater’s Emerging Writers Group (2009). Productions: Pure Native – Alter Theater (Summer 2022) and Native Voices at the Autry, Standoff at Hwy#37 – NV Autry and the University of South Dakota, Glenburn 12 WP – Summer Shorts at 59E59, Smoke – Mixed Phoenix Theatre Group at Pershing Square Signature Center. Published: Monologues for Actors of Color: Women, Monologues for Actors of Color: Men and Contemporary Plays by Women of Color Edition 2: (Routledge Press), Glenburn 12 WP – Short Plays: Vol 1 (TRW press). Member: Dramatists Guild, PEN America Consultant: Outer Range for Amazon TV.

Program Three

Showtimes

Wednesday, November 13
IN-PERSON

Screening: 3:00pm

Post Screening Guest (s) Vickie Ramirez (Director),  Tanis Parenteau (Producer) and Tanis Parenteau (Cast).

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