{"id":8731,"date":"2015-07-14T14:50:40","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T18:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/?page_id=8731"},"modified":"2015-07-17T11:57:26","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T15:57:26","slug":"nawpa-the-girl-who-swam-forever-synopsis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spec.lib.miamioh.edu\/home\/nawpa-the-girl-who-swam-forever-synopsis\/","title":{"rendered":"NAWPA: The Girl Who Swam Forever Synopsis"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NAWPA<\/a>
\nThe Girl Who Swam Forever<\/strong>
\nby Marie Clements<\/p>\n

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Characters<\/dt>\n
Forever\/The Girl:<\/strong> A young Katzie girl, 16, that is running from a Catholic mission school. The mythical girl-sturgeon. She has a dream-like quality and moves with the ease of a fish.<\/dd>\n
Grandmother\/The Old One:<\/strong> The Girl’s dead grandmother. An ancient sturgeon. Old, gentle and deep.<\/dd>\n
Ray\/Brother Big Eyes:<\/strong> The Girl’s brother. Older and cooler. A great dancer. The Owl in the myth. Bird-like movements and attitude.<\/dd>\n
The Church Frogs:<\/strong> Voices of the church. Nightmare-ish. The church conscience of the Girl. They take the form of nuns and priests dressed in black with large frog heads.<\/dd>\n

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Setting<\/dt>\n
The play is both underwater and on land. Real and myth. Movement based. Using slides, video and a soundscape to create both worlds. Real time: Early sixties. Mythical time: The beginning. <\/dd>\n

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Summary<\/dt>\n
The Katzie myth–of the girl who spent her days swimming and became a fish, and of her brother who grieved until being turned into a white owl to watch over his sister–is put into motion with Clements’ story of a girl named Forever. The story unfolds mostly with a surreal, dream-like quality interjected with bits of Forever’s real situation of being caught between her developing sexuality, the church’s haunting morals, her brother’s over-protectiveness and the secret in her womb.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Synopsis written by J. Barnett 9\/30\/97.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Girl Who Swam Forever by Marie Clements Characters Forever\/The Girl: A young Katzie girl, 16, that is running from a Catholic mission school. The mythical girl-sturgeon. She has a dream-like quality and moves with the ease of a fish.…<\/span><\/p>\n

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