Native Voices at the Autry Presents a Reading of "The Frybread Queen" November 4, 2010

NATIVE VOICES AT THE AUTRY
CONTINUES ITS VITAL ROLE AS
COUNTRY’S ONLY EQUITY THEATRE COMPANY
DEDICATED EXCLUSIVELY TO DEVELOPING WORK
OF NATIVE AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS
WITH TWO READINGS OF CAROLYN DUNN’S
THE FRYBREAD QUEEN

Playwright Works with Director, Dramaturg and Actors
on Next Step In Play’s Development
As Part Of Native Voices’ Signature First Look Series

Public Readings Staged
in Conjunction with Autry’s Popular American Indian Arts Marketplace

Thursday, November 4, 7 PM, and Sunday, November 7, 2010, 2 PM
Wells Fargo Theater at The Autry National Center, Los Angeles

Native Voices at the Autry continues its vital role as the country’s only equity theatre company dedicated exclusively to developing the work of Native American playwrights with two readings of esteemed playwright Carolyn Dunn’s (Muskogee Creek, Cherokee*) The Frybread Queen, a haunting and poetic play described as “one of the most celebrated new Native American theatre pieces in the country,” on Thursday, November 4, 7:00 p.m., and Sunday, November 7, 2010, 2:00 p.m., at the Wells Fargo Theater at The Autry National Center in Griffith Park. Directed by Jere Hodgin with dramaturgy by Robert Caisley, the readings provide an important next step in the play’s development and are part of Native Voices' signature FIRST LOOK SERIES: Plays in Progress, which brings playwrights together with professional directors, dramaturgs, and actors for a workshop and public presentation at the Autry. The readings, staged in conjunction with the popular annual American Indian Arts Marketplace at the Autry, are followed by a chat with Dunn, Hodgin, Caisley and the actors.

Illustrating Native Voices’ deep commitment to nurturing new works and seeing them fully realized, this spring Native Voices presents a fully staged mainstage Equity production of The Frybread Queen, the culmination of the play’s pivotal, three-and-a-half-year development process shepherded by the company that has included long-term dramaturgical support, extensive workshop opportunities and invaluable collaboration with a team of theatre professionals. Earlier this fall Native Voices at the Autry co-produced a developmental production of it with Montana Rep and The University of Montana School of Theatre and Dance.

In The Frybread Queen, three generations of Native women bound by marriage and family ties come together for the funeral of a beloved son, and in their grief confront long-simmering tensions and family secrets that threaten to tear them apart.

Suggested donation if tickets are reserved in advance is $10; Autry Members are free. If purchased at the door on Sunday, November 7, during the Autry’s annual American Indian Arts Marketplace, admission is $12 and includes the reading, all Marketplace activities and Museum admission. NATIVE VOICES AT THE AUTRY is located at The Autry National Center, 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA, 90027-1462. To purchase tickets, please call (323) 667-2000, extension 354, or visit www.NativeVoicesattheAutry.org.

WHO: Native Voices at the Autry, America’s leading Native American theatre company

WHAT: First Look Series: Plays in Progress
Reading of The Frybread Queen by Carolyn Dunn (Muskogee Creek, Cherokee*)
Jere Hodgin, director
Robert Caisley, dramaturg
Executive Producers Randy Reinholz (Choctaw*) and Jean Bruce Scott

WHEN:
Thursday, November 4, 2010, 7 PM
Sunday, November 7, 2010, 2 PM

WHERE:
Wells Fargo Theater
The Autry National Center
4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles, CA 90027-1462

TICKET PRICES:
$10 suggested donation if tickets reserved in advance, Autry Members Free;
If purchased at the door on Sunday, November 7, during the Autry’s annual American Indian Arts Marketplace, admission is $12 and includes the reading, all Marketplace activities and Museum admission.

TICKETS & INFO:
(323) 667-2000 ext. 354
www.NativeVoicesattheAutry.org

*refers to the artists’ tribal affiliation
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