QUEEN CLEOPATRE AND PRINCESS POCAHONTAS

by Rhiana Yazzie

QUEEN CLEOPATRE AND PRINCESS POCAHONTAS is the fantastic story of Cleopatre, Pocahontas' older more influential sister who was erased from history by the men who wrote it. Cleopatre takes an epic journey from her homeland in Tsenecommacah (Jamestown) to England to Massachusetts where she finds herself amongst Pilgrims and Praying Indians before she makes her way home at last. Told with a comedic touch, the play...

QUEEN CLEOPATRE AND PRINCESS POCAHONTAS is the fantastic story of Cleopatre, Pocahontas' older more influential sister who was erased from history by the men who wrote it. Cleopatre takes an epic journey from her homeland in Tsenecommacah (Jamestown) to England to Massachusetts where she finds herself amongst Pilgrims and Praying Indians before she makes her way home at last. Told with a comedic touch, the play asks how can you maintain your humanity in the cruelest of times when your home and world is being destroyed. Basically, just think about the 2016 election ;)

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QUEEN CLEOPATRE AND PRINCESS POCAHONTAS

Actor #1
MATACHANNA – Powhatan Indian woman, her English name is Cleopatre, she is the older sister of Pocahontas, 40s
Actor #2
AMONUTE AS A CHILD – Powhatan Indian female, also known as Pocahontas, she is Matachanna’s younger sister, 12
AMONUTE AS AN ADULT - 20s
Actor #3
UTTAMATAMAKIN - Powhatan Indian medicine man, Matachanna’s husband NISHOKOU - Sexy Massachusetts Native man
Actor #4
JOB NESUTAN - Massachusetts Indian translator, Eliot’s best student
NAMONTACK - Powhatan Indian male, Matachanna and Amonute/Pocahontas’ brother PROSPERO - Character from a play
Actor #5
DEER WOMAN - Female clan leader in the praying Indian town PAUPAUWISKE - Powhatan Indian woman, married to Japasaws MIRANDA - Character from a play
Actor #6
WABAN - Massachusetts Indian man, living in the praying Indian town, the leader whom Eliot installed WAHUNSONACOCK - Paramount King of the Powhatan people
ELDER GEORGE - A Pilgrim elder
ALONSO - Character from a play
Actor #7
JAPASAWS - Powhatan Indian character, Paupauwiske’s husband FERDINAND - Character from a play
THOMAS - Amonute’s son
Actor #8
JOHN ELIOT - Minister and founder of the Praying Indian town JOHN SMITH - English adventurer
ANOTHER GROUNDLING - In England at a play
Actor #9
SARAH - Daughter of Matachanna’s Dutch master, 20s QUEEN ANN - Queen of England
Actor #10
JOHN ROLFE – Amonute’s English husband CAPTAIN NEWPORT - English seafarer SEBASTIAN - Character from a play
Actor #11
ELDER PAUL - A Pilgrim elder
MOUTAPASS - Scottish runaway
SIR THOMAS DALE - Governor of James Towne A GROUNDLING - In England at a play

Development History

  • Commission, Public Theater,
  • Commission, Oregon Shakespeare Festival,

Awards

  • Jane Chambers Feminist Playwriting Award
    Jane Chambers
    Honorable Mention
    2019