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With graves confirmed at former residential schools, the cast of Tomson Highway’s ‘The Rez Sisters’ finds deeper meaning in the play
And it’s in this context that the Stratford Festival is staging its first production of Highway’s seminal 1986 play “The Rez Sisters.” It’s also the festival’s first production to feature an all-Indigenous cast. “The Rez Sisters” was originally scheduled for Stratford’s 2020 season but was cancelled along with all other productions due to COVID-19. Full of irreverent and funny exchanges between the women, the play at the same time reveals lives of deprivation and loss. While residential schools are not overtly mentioned in the play, Nepinak believes they are part of the context. “It’s one thing to conceive of how Stratford could support Indigenous plays, Indigenous playwrights, Indigenous actors: here’s the practical application of that now.
Source: thestar July 27, 2021 18:11 UTC
