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Manuel, Vera

Shuswap-Kootenai
Plays in the Archive
Strength of Indian Women. 1996. (typescript, 72 pp.) Two acts. 6W. Review

 

Other publications
“The Strength of Indian Women.” Manuel, Vera and Oskiniko Laryy Loyie. Two Plays About Residential School. Vancouver: Living Traditions, 1998. 75-119
“The Strength of Women.” In Beyond the Pale: Dramatic Writing from First Nations Writers and Writers of Colour. Eds. Yvette Nolan, Betty Quan, and George Bwanika Seremba. Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 1996. pp. 178-182

 

Mojica, Monique

Kuna, Rappahannock
Plays in the Archive
Princess Pocahontas and the Blue Spots: Two Plays [includes Birdwoman and the Suffragettes: A Story of Sacajawea], 1991 Synopsis.
Birdwoman and the Suffragettes: A Story of Sacajawea. Radio play. Audiotape from CBC production
EthnoStress Performance essay, 1997
Other publications
“This Is for Aborelia Dominguez.” In Beyond the Pale: Dramatic Writing from First Nations Writers and Writers of Colour. Eds. Yvette Nolan, Betty Quan, and George Bwanika Seremba. Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 1996. pp. 196-99
“A Fast Growing Mold Bitter as Shame.” Gatherings: The En’owkin Journal of First North American Peoples, 3 (1992).
Staging Coyote’s Dream: An Anthology of First Nations Drama in English. Ed. Monique Mojica and Ric Knowles. Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 2003.

Mosley, Denise

Cherokee
Plays in the Archive
Letters (1996, typescript, 43 pp.) Three acts. 12W 4M 2M/W. Synopsis.

Oliva, JudyLee

Chickasaw
Plays in the Archive
Call of the River. Two acts. 62 pages. 5M 5W 1Boy 1Girl.
On the Showroom Floor. Two acts. 74 pages. 4W 1M. Synopsis
Face in the Mirror. One act (ten minute). 10 pages. 2W. Synopsis
Park View Cafe, a.k.a.. One act. 22 pages. 2W 3M. Synopsis
Pasture. One page. 2W
Angel’s Light. Two acts. 104 pages. 3W 2M. Synopsis
The Crow on the Cradle. One act. 15 pages. 2W 1M. Synopsis
Mark of the Feather. One act. 10 pages. 2W 1M. Synopsis
The Fire and the Rose. Two acts. 100 pages. 3W 3M. Synopsis / Promotional
Te Ata (Based on life of Chickasaw Indian performer, Te Ata Fisher). Two acts. 122 pages. 5W 2M Chorus. Synopsis. Program. Photo of performance. Photo of Olivia with students. “Five Civilized Tribes Best Musical Drama Prize,” 2000
Spirit Line. One act. 32 pages. 3W 1Spirit.

Other publications
See Jane Run (1987 winner of the Agnes Nixon Playwriting Competition. Presented at Northwestern University in 1988.)
Mourning Dove (collaboration with Dr. Barbara Korner, at Seattle Pacific University, based on 177 love letters written during World War II; in rewrites)
Dead Mice (work in progress about two sisters growing up in Oklahoma)
Sidewalk Scenes (collectively creative Children’s Theatre piece, created and toured New York [via SUNY, Stony Brook]
Aunt Rema’s Debut (Full length,work in progress, about an older woman’s debut in a community theatre production. Set in South.)
99 Cent Dreams (Full length, work in progress about one woman’s search for the meaning of life in a world where they have forgotten to dream.)
Spirit Line (One act, work in progress about Navaho Weaver’s legend.)
Dancing on My Grandmother’s Grave. Book length collection of poetry to be published
David Hare: Theatricalizing Politics. Ann Arbor: UMI Research, 1990
Numerous articles in Theatre History Studies, Dramatic Theory and Criticism, Theatre and Religion, Theatre Topics, Theatre Three

Pearson-Little Thunder, Julie

Creek
Play in the Archive
The Woman Who Was Captured by Ghosts. Two acts. 81 pages. 3W 3M Others. Jane Chambers Award finalist in 2007. Synopsis.
Other publications
Artistic Tastes: Favorite Recipes of Native American Artists. Collected by Barbara Harjo; text by Julie Pearson Little Thunder. Walnut, CA: Kiva Pub., 1998.