For Immediate Release
September 16, 2014
A Satirical View on Indigenous Economic Development:
Drew Hayden Taylor’s The Berlin Blues
The University of the Fraser Valley Theatre Department, Stó:lō Nation and the Stó:lō Research & Resource Management Centre are pleased to present staged readings of Ojibway playwright Drew Hayden Taylor’s play The Berlin Blues as part of Culture Days 2014. Performances will be on Saturday, September 27 at 7:30 pm and Sunday, September 28 at 2:00 pm at the Stó:lō Resource Centre, 10-7201 Vedder Road in Chilliwack, BC.
In The Berlin Blues, a consortium of German developers shows up on the fictional Otter Lake Reserve with a seemingly irresistible offer to improve the local economy: the creation of “Ojibway World,” a Native theme park designed to attract European tourists to this new destination resort, causing hilarious personal and political divisions within the local community. The wildly funny play—involving a musical revue of Dances with Wolves and a 44 metre laser-beam dream-catcher—will also raise provocative questions about cultural tourism and how far economic development should go.
This staged reading marks the second year of a partnership between the University of the Fraser Valley Theatre Department, Stó:lō Nation and the Stó:lō Research & Resource Management Centre. This partnership is intended to create opportunities for aboriginal performance in the Fraser Valley by providing opportunities for university and community-based collaboration. Everyone is welcome to join us for the readings and for a discussion with the actors after each reading. Tickets are free and available at the door half an hour before performances begin.
For more information, please contact:
Heather Davis-Fisch (Co-producer) Francine Douglas (SN Events Planner)
heather.davisfisch@ufv.ca francine.douglas@stolonation.bc.ca
604-792-0025 x2564 604-798-8143
or
David Schaepe (Co-producer)
Dave.schaepe@stolonation.bc.ca
604-819-1467
Visit http://culturedays.ca/en/2014-activities/view/53f26ccb-b634-4236-a263-64614c4a89be for more information.
http://culturedays.ca/en/2014-activities/view/53f26ccb-b634-4236-a263-64614c4a89be
For more information, contact Nipuni Sedara at nipuni.sedara@ufv.ca
09/27/2014