They Don't Talk Back

by Frank Henry Kaash Katasse

In They Don’t Talk Back, a troubled teen from a broken home receives the culture shock of a lifetime when he is sent to live and work with his Tlingit grandparents in a remote fishing village in Alaska. This funny, heartfelt exploration of the meaning of family and life emerges in a contemporary coming-of-age story.

In They Don’t Talk Back, a troubled teen from a broken home receives the culture shock of a lifetime when he is sent to live and work with his Tlingit grandparents in a remote fishing village in Alaska. This funny, heartfelt exploration of the meaning of family and life emerges in a contemporary coming-of-age story.

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They Don't Talk Back

NICK: Half Tlingit, Half White, 17 years old.
EDWARD: Full Tlingit, 15 years old
PAUL: Nick/Edward’s Grampa, Tlingit, Mid 40’s-60’s
LINDA: Nick/Edward’s Grandma, Tlingit, Mid 40’s-60’s
TIM*: Nick’s Father
MINISTER*: Any ethnicity, 40+
*Can be played by the same actor