Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue

by Gloria Miguel with Steve Elm

Performed by Gloria Miguel
In Partnership with Native Women in the Arts

Wed Nov 12 @ 7:30pm
Fri Nov 14 @ 7:30m
Sun Nov 16 @ 2pm
Aki Studio Theatre

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Tu Tu Kapsus, a Kuna woman, comes down from the stars to land in the Brooklyn of the 1920’s. Through her journey, she rediscovers the influences that shaped her life and recounts stories of her daily life as a “senior” in our culture. Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue is Gloria Miguel’s humorous and poignant look at being an Elder in her community and the treatment of Elders in our society.

Originally produced and created by Spiderwoman Theater.

See Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue as a part of the Weesageechak Begins to Dance 27 Festival with a $50 Festival Pass.  Learn more

Photos by Ed Maruyama


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Gloria Miguel is Kuna/ Rappahannock. She studied drama at Oberlin College and is a founding member of Spiderwoman Theater. She has worked extensively in film and television. With Spiderwoman Theater, she has toured throughout Europe, Australia and New Zealand. She toured the USA in Grandma, a one woman show, toured Canada in the original Native Earth production of Tomson Highway’s The Rez Sisters and performed in Native Earth’s Son of Ayash. She performed as Coyote/Ritalinc in Jessica, a Northern Lights Production in Edmonton, Canada and was nominated for a Sterling Award for Best Supporting Actress. She performed in Beijing, China at the 4th World Woman’s Conference. She and Lisa Mayo received a Rockerfeller Grant and funding from the Jerome Foundation to create Nis Bundor: Daughters from the Stars. She has created a one woman show A Kuna Grows in Brooklyn. She has a DFA honorary degree from Miami University in Oxford, OH and is a lifetime member at the Lee Strasberg Institute. In March 2006, she appeared in the Spanish film Caotica Ana in Madrid, Spain.


Native Women in the Arts NWIA_CMYKb-w-logo

Established in 1993, Native Women in the Arts is a not-for-profit organization for First Nations, Inuit and Métis women from diverse artistic disciplines who share a common interest in culture, art, community and the advancement of Indigenous peoples. Founded in 1993, Native Women in the Arts has fostered the artistic careers of thousands of women and female youth. NWIA produces unique artistic programming while developing, supporting, and cultivating Aboriginal women in the performing arts, literary arts and publishing, visual arts, and community development projects. Native Women in the Arts’ influence has been felt in Indigenous, culturally diverse and mainstream communities across Canada. NWIA nourishes and transforms its community by pursuing the highest standards of artistic excellence; by presenting high quality artists; and by offering exceptional professional development opportunities to emerging artists. nativewomeninthearts.com


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