Waawaashkeshiwag Wabano
Experience a behind the scenes peak into the creative process with this open rehearsal. Are you interested in how plays are developed? This is a unique opportunity to watch a movement rehearsal in process as the creative team explores this wonderful story rooted in Anishnaabe knowledge.
In many of our traditional stories, animals embody lessons, concepts, and beliefs. In many
creation stories across Turtle Island, animals came before humans and conducted
themselves as humans do now. With council discussions on how to manage resources and
solve problems. In many of our stories the animals speak.
In this play, we are drawn into two young Waawaashkeshiwag (Deer) world during the rut.
One is gendered as the female known as Noozhe, the other gendered as the male counter-
part known as Kiskaw. We follow the young deer and explore their roles within the confines
of a society that has innate ways of being. Both protagonists examine the concept of
survival and how offerings are used within the Indigenous scope of reciprocity.
