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    Popcorn Elder
    Popcorn Elder
    Popcorn Elder
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    Popcorn Elder

    By Curtis Peeteetuce

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    Darren, newly on parole from prison, has been ordered by the court to live with his father on the rez. Wally and Darren have always had a contentious relationship: Wally is a problem drinker, and Darren's got a short fuse. But Wally tells his son that he's changed, has stopped drinking and started going to ceremony, and he urges Darren to do the same. As old family secrets start to be revealed, the father and son grapple with complex issues.

    Popcorn Elder examines the problem of "plastic shamans" who offer spirituality at a price. It looks at a community working to face its demons and heal past trauma. And at the heart of the play is the story of a father and son, filled with anger, guilt, and pain, seeking connection and reconciliation.

    Through flashbacks, a combination of Cree and English, and an unforgettable cast of characters, Popcorn Elder tells the story of one family's journey toward hope.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherScirocco Drama
    Release dateJul 21, 2022
    ISBN9781990737565
    Popcorn Elder
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    Curtis Peeteetuce

    Curtis Peeteetuce is Cree from the Beardy’s & Okemasis First Nation. He is a performer and writer who works in theatre, radio drama, music and film. His plays include the the popular Rez Christmas story series, which ran for twelve years in Saskatoon, and Popcorn Elder. Peeteetuce won the Saskatoon and Area Theatre Award for Outstanding Male Performance for the role of Floyd in Where the Blood Mixes, and has been nominated as a playwright and sound designer. Curtis dedicates all his accomplishments to his beautiful son Mahihkan.

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      Popcorn Elder - Curtis Peeteetuce

      Cover: Popcorn Elder by Curtis Peeteetuce, published under Scirocco Drama, by J. Gordon Shillingford, shows a man sitting on a chair reading a newspaper. He is clothed in indigenous garment, having fur, feathers and a shield-like embellishment. On the table is a cup and a long bone with vulture skin and claws at one end.

      Popcorn Elder

      Curtis Peeteetuce

      Popcorn Elder

      first published 2018 by Scirocco Drama

      An imprint of J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing Inc.

      © 2018 Curtis Peeteetuce

      Scirocco Drama Editor: Glenda MacFarlane

      Cover design by Terry Gallagher/Doowah Design

      Cover photo by m.pet productions

      from the series Indian in the coffee shop

      model: Rylan Smallchild

      Author photo by Aloys Neil Mark Fleischmann (Festivale Media)

      Production photos by Britainy Zapshalla

      Printed and bound in Canada on 100% post-consumer recycled paper.

      We acknowledge the financial support of the Manitoba Arts Council and

      The Canada Council for the Arts for our publishing program.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, for any reason, by any means, without the permission of the publisher. This play is fully protected under the copyright laws of Canada and all other countries of the Copyright Union and is subject to royalty. Changes to the text are expressly forbidden without written consent of the author. Rights to produce, film, record in whole or in part, in any medium or in any language, by any group, amateur or professional, are retained by the author.

      Production inquiries should be addressed to:

      [email protected]

      Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

      Peeteetuce, Curtis, author

      Popcorn elder / Curtis Peeteetuce. -- First edition.

      A play.

      ISBN 978-1-927922-39-2 (softcover)

      I. Title.

      PS8631.E399P67 2018C812'.6C2018-900237-9

      J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing

      P.O. Box 86, RPO Corydon Avenue, Winnipeg, MB Canada R3M 3S3

      Dedicated to the many fathers and sons

      whose story is too often untold;

      to our women so strong and courageous;

      and to those that still need healing.

      In loving memory

      A black and white photograph of a smiling Bradley Adam Buffalo.

      Anpetu Wi Wanmdi Hoksina

      (Bradley Adam Buffalo)

      May 1985 – October 2015

      Rest In Peace

      Love, your family

      A black and white photograph of the author Curtis Peeteetuce.

      Curtis Peeteetuce

      Curtis is from the Beardy’s and Okemasis Cree Nation. Since 2001, he has had the honour of working with many talented artists in theatre, radio drama, music and film. Selected highlights include Theatre Prospero/Akpik Theatre (Pawâkan Macbeth), Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan (Richard III, Twelfth Night), Globe Theatre (Salt Baby), Persephone Theatre (A History of Breathing) and GTNT (Where the Blood Mixes, Thunderstick).

      Curtis is the recipient of the Saskatoon and Area Theatre Award for Outstanding Male Performance and the Henry Woolf Award for Achievement. He is also the playwright of the Rez Christmas story series, including Nicimos: The Final Rez Christmas Story (Scirocco, 2015.)

      Curtis dedicates all his efforts and accomplishments to his son Mahihkan. Nanaskimonawaw.

      Acknowledgements

      Thank you to:

      Gordon Tootoosis Nikaniwin Theatre

      Dancing Sky Theatre

      Playwrights Theatre Centre

      Saskatchewan Playwrights Centre

      My love and heart to the many artists and friends who have shared their gifts in the development of Popcorn Elder at the 2014 Spring Festival of New Plays: Carol Greyeyes, Kenneth T. Williams, Kent Allen, Dawn Bird, Mark Dieter.

      Also love to the cast of the workshop reading at the Playwrights Theatre Centre 2014 Residency: Kathleen Flaherty (dramaturge), Maureen Labonte (guest dramaturge), Larry Grant (language consultant), Sam Bob, Evan Frayne, Curtis Ahenakew, Andrea Menard, Quelemia Sparrow.

      Playwright’s Notes

      In 2009, in Arizona, the American self-improvement salesman James Arthur Ray charged people up to $10,000 to take part in his idea of a sweat lodge. Three died, and eighteen were hospitalized. Ray was sentenced to two years in prison.

      As soon as I heard that, I was furious. I was angry; I was hurt.

      I realized that I could either post my thoughts on Facebook for a brief reaction, or I could leverage my feelings with the power of art. Instead of posting to social media, I channelled my feelings through my gifts of writing and theatre, where the story could have a bigger life and a longer-lasting impact.

      This is the inspiration behind Popcorn Elder.

      Production History

      Popcorn Elder by Curtis Peeteetuce

      A co-production between

      Gordon Tootoosis Nikaniwin Theatre

      and Dancing Sky Theatre

      Premiered April 29 to May 16, 2016 at Dancing Sky Theatre, Meacham, Saskatchewan, with a subsequent run from May 19 to 29, 2016 at Gordon Tootoosis Nikaniwin Theatre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

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