Join us to see this incredible play Wicoun – made with and about the Oceti Sakowin. Free will donation, bring your own chairs if you can. The play will take place outdoors in our parking lot, and it will be a wonderful experience.
In WICOUN, Áya and their brother Khoskalaka have their hands full raising their siblings and cousins, dealing with zombies on the prowl, and trying to graduate high school. But after Áya, a Lakota teen, summons a traditional superhero in a moment of bravery, they have to embark on a journey across the lands of the Oceti Sakowin to find answers in the old stories, within themselves, and in paha sapa.
Written by Larissa FastHorse (Sicangu Lakota) and directed by Michael John Garcés, the play also stars local actors and features the sound design of Talon Bazille Ducheneaux (Cheyenne River Lakota & Crow Creek Dakota). The play is a production of the Cornerstone Theater Company.
Confirmed performances of Wicoun – A play with and about the Oceti Sakowin
Thursday, 5/25 at 2pm
Black Hills Playhouse
24834 S Playhouse Rd
Custer, SD 57730
Friday, 5/26 at 6pm
Racing Magpie
801 East Saint Andrew St.
Rapid City, SD 57701
Saturday, 5/27 at 7pm
Main Street Square
512 Main St Suite 980
Rapid City, SD 57701
Tuesday, 5/30 at 5pm
Great Plains Crow Creek Office
225 Sam Boy Drive
Fort Thompson, SD 57339
Performance will be outdoors behind the Great Plains Crow Creek Office
Friday, 6/2 at 7pm
St Francis Indian School
502 Warrior Dr.
St Francis, SD 57572
Saturday, 6/3 at 5pm
Memorial Park Bandshell
301 N. 5th St.
Rapid City, SD 57701
Monday, 6/5 at 1pm
Red Shirt School
HCR 83 Box 313
Hermosa, SD 57744
Monday, 6/5 at 7pm
Little Wound School Auditorium
438 Main St
Kyle, SD 57752
Thursday, 6/8 at 6:30pm
Lakota Youth Development
30122 352nd Ave
Herrick, SD 57538
Saturday, 6/10 at 1pm
The Coliseum of Sioux Falls
515 N. Main Avenue
Sioux Falls, SD 57104
Thursday, 6/15 at 7pm
Steamboat Park Ampitheater
Popular Ave/W Missouri Ave
Pierre, SD 57501
TENTATIVE PERFORMANCES
We’re working with partners to solidify dates and times and in these locations, but are happy for new suggestions.
2 performances in Rosebud: Wednesday, May 31 through Thursday, June 1
1 performance in Pine Ridge: Tuesday, June 6
1 performance in Lake Andes: Friday, June 9
1 performance in Yankton: Monday, June 12
1 Ft. Yates: Wednesday, June 14
Wicoun is the third in a series of productions in collaboration with playwright Larissa FastHorse (Sicangu Lakota Nation) and Indigenous people of U.S. lands. Following Urban Rez with and about Native people of and/or living in the Los Angeles Basin, and Native Nation, a collaboration with those of and/or living in the Phoenix, Arizona area. This project, begun in 2019, builds on these two processes and explores the strength, beauty, humor, and perseverance of the Indigenous culture, language and identity of the Northern Plains.
Partner organizations include First Peoples Fund, Racing Magpie, Black Hills Playhouse, Black Hills Community Theatre, the City of Rapid City
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