The Strength of Indian Women: In the News & Among the Scholars

Storyteller Theatre travelled to many communities in the US and Canada, performing The Strength of Indian Women and sharing not only the stories woven into the play, but the need and desire for compassionate storytelling by survivors of traumatic oppression and cultural genocide.  The play was performed locally at the Women in View Festival, receiving very positive reviews.

If you click on the images above and below, you should be able to read two reviews, written by Catherine Whipple (source unknown), and Mary Pierpoint (Indian Country, read full review here).

Some of the books and essays in which Vera Manuel's plays and playwrighting are discussed include:

Native American Drama, A Critical Perspective, Christy Stanlake (Cambridge University Press), 2009

Footpaths & Bridges: Voices from the Native American Women Playwrights Archive, Shirley Huston-Findley & Rebecca Howard, eds. (University of Michigan Press), 2008

The Native American Women Playwrights Archive: Adding Voices, Rebecca Howard

An Introduction to the North American Indian Drama Collection, Christy Stanlake 

 A companion to twentieth century American Drama, David Krasner, Blackwell, 2005

Monologues for Actors of Color, Women, Roberta Uno, ed. Routlege, 2000

Beyond the Pale: Dramatic Writing from First Nations Writers & Writers of Colour, Yvette Nolan

Click on any title above to find out more about these books and articles, and how to read more about the impact of Vera's plays.

 

Vera's play is published in full in this book:

 Two plays about residential school By Larry Loyle Oskiniko, Vera Manuel

Online article & discussion: Indianz.com

See also: "Theatre that heals communities"

My thanks to Joyce Johnson, for providing the images of the reviews/news clippings.