ROCKO AND NAKOTA: TALES FROM THE LAND

Written & Performed by Josh Languedoc

SYNOPSIS

An isolated boy finds his way forward, and his own story, through a meeting with his Grandfather’s spirit.

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT

Josh is an anishinaabe playwright/improviser/performer/educator from Saugeen First Nation and living in Edmonton, AB. Josh was the 2017/2018 Playwright in Residence at Workshop West Playwrights Theatre where he has developed: Starlight Journey (Workshop West, Citadel Theatre, Native Earth Performing Arts), Wolf Runner (Concrete Theatre), and Cree Shakespeare Adaptation (Thou Art Here Theatre). Josh also works as a theatre educator for the Citadel Theatre’s Foote Theatre School, Workshop West’s #writesofpassage, and Edmonton Public Schools.

PRODUCTION HISTORY

This heartwarming production opened at the May 2019 Rubaboo Festival, and toured Central Alberta, Treaty 6, in Spring 2019.

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The production was Written and Performed by Josh Languedoc, Directed by Barry Billinsky, and Designed by Ami Farrow.