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Crees in the Caribbean
Crees in the Caribbean
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Author: Drew Hayden Taylor Publisher: Talonbooks (cover image may change) Format: Softcover # of Pages: 118 Pub. Date: 2016 ISBN-10: 1772011487 ISBN-13: 9781772011487 Cast Size: 2 female, 1 male
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About the Play:
Crees in the Caribbean is
a full-length comedy by
Drew Hayden Taylor. A Cree
couple's children send them on a second honeymoon to celebrate their
35th anniversary. Neither of these elders have left their remote
community and now they are boarding a plane to the Caribbean. What
could go wrong? Crees in the Caribbean is
a heart-warming comedy from one of Canada's leading
First Nations playwrights and humourists.
Crees in the Caribbean is
about two middle-aged First Nations elders on their very first
trip out of the country. Cree Elders Evie and Cecil Poundmaker are
celebrating their 35th wedding anniversary. As a gift, their grown
children send them on a second honeymoon – to a fabulous resort on
the Caribbean coast of Mexico. Only neither of them has ever been out
of the country, let alone off their Cree reserve in Northern
Saskatchewan (well, Cecil did go to Montana that one time). Each
reacts to the new experience in different ways, but Cecil seems
particularly challenged. Despite the sun, sand, and sea sparkling
right outside his hotel-room window, all Cecil seems to want to do is
sit alone on the couch, idly flipping through TV channels, curtains
pulled tight. What is he worried about? Is there more to this trip
than he has been told? Cecil is sure that everyone is being nice to
him because he is dying. If he doesn't get over it, Evie just might
kill him herself. Memories from a lifetime together revisit the
couple as they acclimatize to the pleasures of Mexico – and spicy
food. Mixed up in all the fun is their hotel housekeeper, Manuela. As
they form a bond with this courteous young local, they help her
navigate some of the troublesome situations in which she finds
herself. A story of two imperfect people who are perfect together,
and an unlikely friendship that takes them back to their own younger
days.
Crees in the Caribbean premiered in 2015 by the Gordon Tootoosis Nīkānīwin Theatre
(formerly Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company) in Saskatoon. Since then the play has
been successfully staged at several professional theatres across
Canada
Cast: 2 female, 1 male
What people say:
"The play is packed with wit
and humour, but also packs an emotional punch. At the heart of Crees
in the Caribbean is a commentary on the universality of
human experiences from culture to culture; it shows that people from
all parts of the world can share similar stories and experiences."
— The Argus
(Thunder Bay)
"The jokes come in waves in
Crees in the Caribbean, tickling the toes of
the willing audience and filling the theatre with generous laughs."
— The Star Phoenix (Saskatoon)
About the Playwright:
Drew Hayden Taylor one of Canada's best known and most
prolific Indigenous writers. An Ojibway born on Curve Lake First
Nation near Peterborough, Ontario, he has worn many hats in his
literary career, from performing stand-up comedy at the Kennedy
Center in Washington D.C., to being Artistic Director of Canada's
premiere Aboriginal theatre company, Native Earth Performing Arts. He
has been an award-winning playwright (with productions of his work in
Canada, the US, and Europe), a journalist/columnist (appearing
regularly in several Canadian newspapers and magazines), short-story
writer, novelist, television scriptwriter, and documentary filmmaker.
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