Reading: On the Far End
, April 29, 2022 8:00PMEvent Summary
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Date
April 29, 2022 8:00PM
Description
By Mary Kathryn Nagle
Directed by Laurie Woolery
Developmental Play Reading
Muscogee leader Ella Jean Hill traces her family’s history from the Trail of Tears to her grandfather’s allotment in central Oklahoma. In an astonishing one-woman play, she shares her story—the Native boarding school she fled on foot, her marriage to a young Bengali scholar, and the advocacy that became her life’s work. With On the Far End, a reference to the landmark 2020 Supreme Court opinion in McGirt v. Oklahoma that upheld the sovereignty of the Muscogee territories, one of America’s leading playwrights (Sovereignty; Manahatta) weaves a deeply personal account of one family—her own mother-in-law’s—and a legacy of broken promises between nations. (Part of the National Capital New Play Festival)
This performance is currently sold out. On the day of the reading, we will start a standby line 1 hour before the scheduled start time. You must be present in the building—no calls or emails. Tickets will be released as they become available.
