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Native Earth Performing Arts is proud to present In Spirit, formerly titled Quilchena.
Spring, 1979. A young girl is mere days away from celebrating her birthday. Her dad can’t keep the secret of her gift any longer, so proudly presents her with a new bike - well… new to her.
Sharing in his excitement, birthday girl and bike make their debut trip along the nearest paved road. Failing to return for dinner, a makeshift search party finds only the bike, tossed to the roadside. Years pass and family and friends hope and pray for a return. There is no sign of their young, bright girl until one terrible day when her partial remains are officially identified.
The community tries to release her spirit into the next world, unsettled though they are by not knowing how this awful thing has happened. In that ceremony of communing, the missing girl does her best to push through to her loved ones, sharing her shattered recollections in shards. This fictionalized journey into love and loss is inspired by all too many true stories.
In Spirit is an elegy to every missing and murdered woman and girl, from the Northern Territories down to the Southernmost Americas and stretching well over into Australia.
This story is offered in the spirit of solidarity.
IN SPIRIT
Written and Directed by Tara Beagan
Production Design by Andy Moro
Starring Sera-Lys MacArthur
Touring Western Canada in February 2014
Western Canada Tour
Talking Stick Festival, Vancouver February 19 - 20, 2014
Toronto
Rutas Panamericanas Festival, Toronto March 4 - 8, 2014
Aki Studio Theatre, Toronto March 11 - 16, 2014
Photo: Sera-Lys McArthur. ©2014 Juan Camilo Palacio.
2014-02-03
Toronto: Native Earth Performing Arts presents "In Spirit" March 4-16