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NOW Magazine Tomson Highway believes controversy is good for art As Stratford remounts his play The Rez Sisters, the writer reflects on residential schools, casting of Indigenous actors and protests By Glenn Sumi and Jon Kaplan Jul 12, 2021 30 years after his NOW cover, Tomson Highway believes non-Indigenous actors should be able to play Indigenous roles. Tomson Highway loves a scandal. In fact, he says art needs more of them. When his play Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing was mounted at the Royal Alexandra Theatre 30 years ago, protesters picketed the show, complaining about what they saw as misogyny and violence against women. Some audience members walked out. One woman fainted. (If you haven’t seen or read the play, I won’t spoil the details about the particularly controversial scenes.) ....
Winnipeg Free Press JOAN MARCUS / THE PUBLICITY OFFICE Francesca Faridany, left, and David Greenspan in an off-Broadway production of Sarah Ruhl’s adaptation of Orlando, which comes to RMTC mainstage in November. You can say this about Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre artistic director Kelly Thornton: She is not afraid of Virginia Woolf. You can say this about Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre artistic director Kelly Thornton: She is not afraid of Virginia Woolf. A certain amount of fear is to be expected in the theatre world just now. So in announcing a new season, emerging from the long, dark shadow of the COVID pandemic, Thornton must answer the question: How do you balance being cautious and bold at the same time? ....