Finalist - The Calicchio Emerging American Playwright Prize, Marin Theatre Company, 2017
Semifinalist - Eugene O'Neill Theater Center - NPC 2016
FULL LENGTH - 3W, 2M
It is the end of summer at the Native American Institute's Camp for Kids and the counselors are restless. Driver the mixed, Liz the fractional, Levi the self-proclaimed, and Alana the outsider work under the care of Mary, an elder. But it's camp after all, pee in a bush, make a pinch-pot; it's all fun and games until someone is outed as a faker. NATIVE is a coming of age story in an age of personal culture claiming.
Set in New England, present day.
Cast:
MARY [female, 60s] A Native American elder. Head of the Museum. Storyteller.
DRIVER [male, 26] Mixed Native American. Head counselor. Artist.
LIZ [female, 19] Fractional Native American. Seasoned counselor. Straight-shooter.
LEVI [male, 18] Self-proclaimed Algonquian. Temp counselor. A fanatic.
ALANA [female, 15] Caucasian. Volunteer on a school requirement. Corrective.