The Rez Sisters

“Highlight of 2007”  Vancouver Plays

Theatre @ UBC, 2007
by Tomson Highway

Directed by Johnna Wright
Set Design: Parjad Sharifi
Costume Design:  Jay Havens
Lighting Design: Chris Littman
Sound Design:  Patrick Pennefather
Stage Management: Julian Darius, Cassandra Tattrie

CAST: Sarah Afful, Yoshié Bancroft, Hillary Fillier, Maura Halloran, Kim Harvey, Kate Hilderman, Tracey Olson, Cecile Roslin

Drummer:  Alannah Earl Young

photos by Tim Matheson

“”a superb production”  Vancouver Plays

“Under Johnna Wright’s direction, Highway’s humour is let loose.”  Vancouver Courier

“In this production, the pathos rings out loud and clear, as does Highway’s unique brand of crunchy humour…”  The Globe and Mail

“[Tracey Olson portrays] Nanabush from Ojibway mythology; the trickster transforms to become, with magical accuracy, a raven or seagull or, briefly, master of ceremonies at The World’s Biggest Bingo”  Vancouver Sun

“[Kate] Hilderman has a fine feel for the physical comedy suffusing music-mad Annie..”  Vancouver Courier

“[Kim] Harvey and [Yoshie] Bancroft both convey with great feeling the play’s deepest moments…”  Vancouver Sun

“Have your cards ready… for a zany tableau in Toronto where the women run riot when B-14 isn’t called.”  Vancouver Courier

“This scene is as hilarious as the one just previous, a crazy montage of all the many ways les soeurs rez must earn the money that will send them down the highway to Toronto and that bingo debacle.”  Vancouver Sun