Tribal Members Curate “We Are The Land”

Tribal members have been working alongside the Theatre Royale in Plymouth, England to create a play highlighting Wampanoag history from Wampanoag voices. The piece, entitled “We Are the Land” is a drama with singing, dancing, drumming, and testimony that covers history from pre-contact, through colonization and Christianization, into the Woodlot riots and the tribe’s fight for land rights.

Tribal members Vonnie Brown, Kitty Hendricks, and Hartman Deetz have taken lead as the creative team behind the work, and various other tribal members make up the cast. The performance will take place on Sunday, April 23rd at the Theatre Royale, and there are also plans to have a local performance in September. Good luck to all participating, break a leg!