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Niizh

Written by Joelle Peters
Produced by Native Earth Performing Arts

APRIL 12 – 30, 2023
AKI STUDIO
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“I hope I never forget this place. Even more, I hope that it never forgets me.”

Niizh, written by Joelle Peters, is a coming-of-age comedy. Set on a reserve in Southwestern Ontario, the play follows the youngest of the ‘Little’ family, Lenna Little, who prepares to leave home for the first time. In the midst of this she meets Sam Thomas, who has returned to the reserve after many years away. Is there a meet-cute? Is there a fish fry? Is there a sax solo? You’ll have to wait and see!

Running Time: Approximately 100 minutes

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CAST
Lenna Little – Theresa Cutknife
Sam Thomas – Kole Durnford
Billy Little – Jason McDonald
Jay Little – Aren Okemaysim
KC Thomas – PJ Prudat

CREATIVE TEAM
Playwright Joelle Peters
Director Desirée Leverenz
Production Manager and Technical Director Julia Howman
Stage Manager Jessica Campbell-Maracle
Assistant Stage Manager Dylan Tate-Howarth
Set Designer Nancy Perrin
Head of Props Sarah Yuen
Props Assistant Aden Altamirano
Lighting and Projections Designer Hailey Verbonac  
Sound Designer Jenna Geen 
Costume Designer Nishina Loft 
Costume Design Assistant Halle Turner
Language Consultant Mko Giizoons
Choreography Consultant Aria Evans
Fight Director Richard Comeau

Wednesday April 12   |  7:30 PM – Cancelled 
Thursday April 13   |  7:30 PM – Preview
Friday April 14  | 7:30 PM – Opening, SOLD OUT!
Saturday April 15  | 7:30 PM
Sunday April 16  | 2:00 PM - Matinee, SOLD OUT!

Tuesday April 18   |  7:30 PM - PWYC
Wednesday April 19  | 1:00 PM - School Matinee
Wednesday April 19  | 7:30 PM
Thursday April 20  |  7:30 PM
Friday April 21  | 7:30 PM
Saturday April 22  | 7:30 PM
Sunday April 23  | 2:00 PM - Matinee

Tuesday April 25   |  7:30 PM - PWYC
Wednesday April 26  | 1:00 PM - School Matinee, SOLD OUT!
Wednesday April 26  | 7:30 PM
Thursday April 27  |  7:30 PM
Friday April 28  | 7:30 PM
Saturday April 29  | 7:30 PM
Sunday April 30  | 2:00 PM - Matinee

PRE SHOW:
Under the B: B4. B-4.
Join us B4 seeing Niizh for a round of Bingo! Arrive 30 minutes before the show starts and pick up your tickets and a bingo card from the Aki Studio box office.

“Joelle can write the rez. Conveying the history, the hardship, but more than anything the humour and the beauty of our complicated communities. And to see those spaces on stage is a powerful thing.”
Falen Johnson
“In Niizh, Joelle Peters offers up a profound love and simultaneous longing for family and community. She stages generational strengths – humour, caring and insightfulness – alongside generational wounds that can keep our dearest at arm’s length. This disarmingly simple story is artfully crafted with dialogue featuring a uniquely Peters-ian dry wit. Niizh is a celebration of the joys, beauties and challenges of a young and fiercely capable Indigenous woman.”
Tara Beagan
“I was excited about this play the first time I read it. It's smart and funny, and it's exactly what we need right now.”
Keith Barker
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