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White Girls in Moccasins by Yolanda Bonnell


WGiM TEAM

Playwright & Co-Director
Yolanda Bonnell

Co-Director
Carmen Alvis

Outside Eye
Sam Brown

Miskozi
Katia Ferderber

Ziibi
Ravyn Wngz

Waabishkizi
Elizabeth Staples

Set Designer & Video Co-Designer
Trevor Schwellnus

Animation and Video Co-Designer
Rihkee Strapp

Lighting Designer
Echo Zhou

Costume Co-Designer
Rachel Forbes

Costume Co-Designer
Aslı Ozuak

Sound Designer & Composer
Maddie Bautista

Stage Manager
Dylan Tate-Howarth

Alternate Stage Manager
Wei Qing Tan

Technical Director
Steph Raposo

Video Operator
Seb Marziali

manidoons collective producer
Lisa Alves

Vocal Coach
Lisa Cromarty

Presented in partnership with manidoons collective

Miskozi is searching for something… 

There’s something missing. 

And she’s not sure what it is. 

She goes on a search for herself and her culture, accompanied by her inner white girl, Waabishkizi, and guided by Ziibi, a manifestation of an ancestral river, both provoking her to try and find the answers. 

She begins the journey back before she was even born, right at the seeds of colonization when her ancestors were forced to hide their culture anywhere they could. 

Burying their language. 

Their teachings. 

Their bundles. 

Their moccasins. 

White Girls in Moccasins is a hilarious and poignant reclamation story that world-hops between dreams, memories, and a surreal game show. Miskozi recounts her life and is forced to grapple with her own truth, while existing in a society steeped in white supremacy. 

A love letter to brown kids born in the 80s, surviving in the 90s and all those continuing to deeply reclaim.

Shows:
Friday March 27th 7:30pm (Opening, Mask Mandatory)
Saturday March 28th 7:30pm (Mask Mandatory)
Sunday March 29th 2pm (Relaxed Performance/Talkback Post Show)
Tuesday March 31st 7:30pm (Mask Mandatory)
Wednesday April 1st 7:30pm (Mask Mandatory)
Thursday April 2nd 7:30pm (Mask Mandatory/Talkback Post Show)
Saturday April 4th 7:30pm
Sunday April 5th 2pm (Mask Mandatory)
Tuesday April 7th 7:30pm (Mask Mandatory)
Wednesday April 8th 12:30pm ( School Show/Talkback Post Show)
Thursday April 9th 7:30pm (Mask Mandatory)
Friday April 10th 7:30pm (Relaxed Performance)
Saturday April 11th 7:30pm (Talkback Post Show)
Sunday April 12th 2pm

Aki Studio

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