TO HISTORY/To Whom It May Concern -- ONE: War/Paint

by Jaisey Bates

SHORT.
ONE: War/Paint -- A Letter from Allies of the Indigenous Silenced.
WAR: On 12-26-1862, 38 Dakota men were hanged before an audience of thousands.
PAINT: On 5-26-17 the New Native Theatre’s event had no audience because their would-be audience members went to the Walker to protest a representation of the scaffold built to silence the Dakota 38.
A Peoplehood REAL TIME short spoken word ensemble poem...

SHORT.
ONE: War/Paint -- A Letter from Allies of the Indigenous Silenced.
WAR: On 12-26-1862, 38 Dakota men were hanged before an audience of thousands.
PAINT: On 5-26-17 the New Native Theatre’s event had no audience because their would-be audience members went to the Walker to protest a representation of the scaffold built to silence the Dakota 38.
A Peoplehood REAL TIME short spoken word ensemble poem play by Jaisey Bates,
written for THE HEAL THE DIVIDE Protest Plays Initiative.

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TO HISTORY/To Whom It May Concern -- ONE: War/Paint

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  • Conor McShane: TO HISTORY/To Whom It May Concern -- ONE: War/Paint by Jaisey Bates
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    I love the way this piece creates a sense of community, of communion, bringing the audience in to share the space and take a hard look at our past and our present. It must've been an incredible thing to experience in person!

    I love the way this piece creates a sense of community, of communion, bringing the audience in to share the space and take a hard look at our past and our present. It must've been an incredible thing to experience in person!

    ”
  • Nick Malakhow: TO HISTORY/To Whom It May Concern -- ONE: War/Paint by Jaisey Bates
    “

    A potent, poetic, theatrical event that is so much more than just a short play! Bates' piece feels rooted in many different places--ritual, poetry, protest to name just a few. The exploration of past and its echoes in the present is thorough and direct and gives voice to two stories that I imagine the majority of theatre-going audiences haven't experienced or considered. The Facebook post from Rhiana Yazzie so powerfully captures a central tension in this piece and in activism, protest, and affinity spaces as a whole.

    A potent, poetic, theatrical event that is so much more than just a short play! Bates' piece feels rooted in many different places--ritual, poetry, protest to name just a few. The exploration of past and its echoes in the present is thorough and direct and gives voice to two stories that I imagine the majority of theatre-going audiences haven't experienced or considered. The Facebook post from Rhiana Yazzie so powerfully captures a central tension in this piece and in activism, protest, and affinity spaces as a whole.

    ”
  • Molly Wagner: TO HISTORY/To Whom It May Concern -- ONE: War/Paint by Jaisey Bates
    “

    An incredibly powerful piece that ties in the past with the present. Really incredible!

    An incredibly powerful piece that ties in the past with the present. Really incredible!

    ”
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written
for 2 to X voices,
with ˃ half = BIPOC,
Indigenous preferred