The Rez Sisters (play)

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:play
gptkbp:author gptkb:Tomson_Highway
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Dora_Mavor_Moore_Award_for_Outstanding_New_Play
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:genre gptkb:Drama
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Rez Sisters (play)
gptkbp:influencedBy magical realism
Indigenous oral tradition
gptkbp:ISBN 978-0-920486-13-2
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:notableCharacter gptkb:Nanabush
gptkb:Annie_Cook
gptkb:Emily_Dictionary
gptkb:Marie-Adele_Starblanket
gptkb:Pelajia_Patchnose
gptkb:Philomena_Moosetail
gptkb:Veronique_St._Pierre
gptkb:Zhaboonigan_Peterson
gptkbp:notableFor depiction of reserve life
representation of Indigenous women
landmark in Canadian Indigenous theatre
use of Nanabush as a trickster figure
use of humor and tragedy
gptkbp:notableProduction gptkb:Factory_Theatre,_Toronto
National Arts Centre, 1987
Native Earth Performing Arts, 1986
gptkbp:originalLanguage English
gptkbp:premiereDate 1986
gptkbp:premiereLocation Native Earth Performing Arts, Toronto
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Fifth_House_Books
gptkbp:relatedWork gptkb:Dry_Lips_Oughta_Move_to_Kapuskasing
gptkbp:setting Wasychigan Hill reserve, Ontario
gptkbp:subject Indigenous women
life on a First Nations reserve
gptkbp:theme gptkb:community
hope
poverty
sisterhood
cultural studies
dreams
struggles of Indigenous women
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Rez_Sisters_(choreography)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7