Written by Yvette Nolan and directed by Nina Lee Aquino, The Unplugging is a stirring and timely dystopian drama co-presented by Native Earth Performing Arts and Factory Theatre. In a post-apocalyptic world where electricity has failed, two aging Indigenous women—Bern and Elena—are exiled from their village and forced to wander a desolate landscape. They must rely on traditional knowledge to survive, and when a young stranger appears, they face a pivotal choice: share their wisdom with a society that rejected them or forge their own future. Nolan’s uniquely comedic and hopeful voice shines through the darkness with nuanced reflections on aging, Indigenous knowledge, human dependency, and resilience