Rehearsing: “IF I LISTENED...”
If I Listened…
PLAYING JULY 22nd to AUGUST 6th 2022
Larry E Lewis Studio - Debajehmujig Creation Centre
43 Queen Street, Manitowaning, Ontario, Canada
PERFORMANCES DATES:
PREVIEW JULY 21 AT 7PM
JULY 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30 & AUGUST 3, 4, 5, 6 AT 7PM
MATINEE SUNDAYS JULY 24 & 31 AT 2PM
CALL 705 859 1820 TO RESERVE TICKETS
If I listened… is the journey of a nine-year-old girl named Waawaatesi, after the crossing of her Nookmis to the spirit world.
Told in the voice of her older self, she recounts the heroic efforts of her seventeen-year-old Uncle Finn to find her, as well as the story of the fantastical landscapes she passes through with her best friend and heart, Ogichidaa, who appears and disappears with the vivacity of her imagination….
(IN SOME DIALECTS OF ANISHINAABEMOWIN NOOKMIS MEANS GRANDMOTHER, WAAWAATESI MEANS FIREFLY, AND OGICHIDAA PROTECTOR)
Directed by Carlos García Estévez and Paige Allerton
Contributing Artists: Tyler Pangowish, Courtnee Osawabine, Daniel Recollet-Mejaki, Samantha Lynn Brennan, Aaron Courtorielle, David McDonald, Marsha Coffey, Ogeequa Williston Osawabine, Ashley Manitowabi and Dustin Trudeau
Stage Management: David Osawabine, Isha Eshkawkogan and Quinten Kaboni
Production Team: David Osawabine, Isha Eshkawkogan, Quinten Kaboni and Kristin Pitawanakwat.