Ebook {Epub PDF} The Rez Sisters: A Play in Two Acts by Tomson Highway

Winner of the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best New Play. Nominated for the Governor General's Award. This award-winning play by Native playwright Tomson Highway is a powerful and moving portrayal of seven women from a reserve attempting to beat the odds by winning at Cited by: Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing tells another story of the mythical Wasaychigan Hill Indian Reserve, also the setting for Tomson Highway's award winning play The Rez Sisters. Wherein The Rez Sisters the focus was on seven "Wasy" women and the game of bingo, Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing features seven "Wasy" men and the game of hockey. Australian/Harvard Citation. Highway, Tomson. , The rez sisters: a play in two acts / by Tomson Highway Fifth House Saskatoon. Wikipedia Citation. Please see Wikipedia's template documentation for further citation fields that may be required.

The Rez Sisters: A Play in Two Acts by Tomson Highway. This award-winning play by Native playwright Tomson Highway is a powerful and moving portrayal of seven women from a reserve attempting to beat the odds by winning at bingo. And not just any bingo. It is THE BIGGEST BINGO IN THE WORLD and a chance to win a way out of a tortured life. by Tomson Highway. Buy Study Guide. About The Rez Sisters The Rez Sisters Summary Character List Glossary Themes Quotes and Analysis Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Symbols, Allegory and Motifs Metaphors and Similes Irony Imagery The Centre for Indigenous Theatre Literary Elements Related Links Essay Questions Quiz 1 Quiz 2 Quiz 3 Quiz 4. "The Rez Sisters" is a fine juggling act by Tomson Highway, including seven women whose characters all emerge and develop as unique forces in the drama. The times the dialogue feels meandering is offset by the humor and the huge level of personality at play.

The Rez Sisters Summary. Buy Study Guide. The play begins with Pelajia working on her roof, hammering shingles to it. She tells her sister Philomena about her desire to leave the reserve. The Rez Sisters is a celebration of resilience and the beauty of sisterhood. This risqué, joyous, mystical comedic-drama is the seminal work of Indigenous playwright, Tomson Highway. Although primarily written in English, there are interjections of Cree and Ojibway, two Indigenous languages of the Manitoulin Island reservations, where the story takes place. The Rez Sisters is a play by the Cree playwright Tomson Highway, following the lives of seven Native women that live on a fictional reserve called Wasaychigan Hill Indian Reserve. Highway susses out the portrait of each character carefully, giving them unique personalities, rich backstories, and important dreams.