Two Worlds Fall 2010: War Paint - Staged Reading
Written by Bret Jones, Directed by Kim Gleason
September 18, 19, 25, 26
Saturday, 7pm & Sunday, 2pm
War Paint is set in modern-day Muskogee, Okla., near Bacone University. College student Christina Yahola, half Creek Indian and half white, is determined to prove herself in college, but a class assignment to delve into her Native heritage alienates others and tests her family’s patience.
Playwright Bret Jones of the Creek Nation is director of theater at Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas. He is a novelist, screenwriter and lyricist as well as a playwright. War Paint and Kindred, another of Jones’ plays, have won the Garrard Playwriting Award sponsored by the Five Civilized Tribes Museum in Muskogee.
Kim Delfina Gleason, who is Navajo, coordinates the Two Worlds program and is the director of War Paint. She teaches theater, music, dance and Native American art at the North Fourth Art Center and is a veteran of the Two Worlds program.
Suggested donation: $5
Info: (505)-344-4542
photo: War Paint, NACA collaborative
exhibit with VSA AmeriCorps 2010
