Native Voices: Robert Owens-Greygrass Performs a Pair of Plays

Autry National Center-Wells Fargo Theatre (4700 Western Heritage Way Los Angeles, CA 90027)

Full Price:: $10.00 - $20.00

Our Price:: FREE - $10.00*

4.5 by 60 members

Native Voices at the Autry presents writer-actor Robert Owens-Greygrass of the Lakota, with two of his acclaimed performance pieces in repertory. In Walking on Turtle Island, he portrays 22 different characters -- everything from a mixed-blood sun dancer to a trickster-spirit guide -- to depict the wide variety of untold stories from the indigenous people of Turtle Island (a native term for North America). Ghostlands of an Urban NDN finds the talented storyteller playing 16 more contemporary characters as he chronicles the gritty and humorous struggle of a mixed-race city-dweller caught between cultures.

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The last date listed for Walking on Turtle Island & Ghostlands of an Urban NDN was Sunday March 18, 2012 / 2:00pm (Walking on Turtle Island).

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Autry National Center-Wells Fargo Theatre

4700 Western Heritage Way

Los Angeles, CA 90027

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49 Goldstar Member Reviews

alex coss

5.0

Red Velvet Member

I wasn't sure what to expect since I got the tickets as comps. But after seeing the show I would have gladly paid the full price. In fact I came back the next day to see the second play, Walking on Turtle Island and paid full price.

It was thought provoking material that took me through a roller coaster ride of feelings and emotions. Robert is very talented and his performance resonated deeply. Thank you!

Written on Mar 19 2012

terri

4.0

My daughter and I attended both performances and enjoyed each of them. Robert Owens-Greygrass is a talented actor and mixed humor with pathos in his portrayals of different characters.

Written on Mar 19 2012

Goldstar Member

4.0

Very moving stories!

Written on Mar 19 2012

Goldstar Member

5.0

I was unaware of the Native Voices program at the Autry until, this offer. Not only was this an amazing piece of theatre, but Robert Owens-Greygrass opened entirely new perspectives for me into the life of a "Breed" (part Native American/part white). The insight into being both white and native while at the same time being viewed by others as not fully belonging to either group was astounding.

Written on Mar 19 2012

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More Information About Walking on Turtle Island & Ghostlands of an Urban NDN

Website

http://theautry.org/whats-here/theater-native-voices

Description

Written and performed by Robert Owens-Greygrass (Lakota)
Directed by Kevin Sifuentes (Hopi)
Producing Artistic Director Randy Reinholz (Choctaw)
Producing Executive Director Jean Bruce Scott

Walking on Turtle Island
In this tour-de-force performance, Robert Owens-Greygrass embodies twenty-two characters—from a grandfather, to a mixed-blood sun dancer, to a boy who has lost his dog, to an eighty-year-old Ojibway woman, to Iyeska, a trickster and spirit guide who moves through centuries and inhabits various spiritual “skins.” Greygrass portrays the often untold Indigenous experience through these powerful and unique stories of Turtle Island (North America).

Ghostlands of an Urban NDN
Follow Robert, a multiethnic-non specific-lower-middle-class-urban-NDN (Indian) white guy, as he navigates the conflicting worlds of a mixed-race heritage. Acclaimed storyteller Robert Owens-Greygrass portrays sixteen characters in this gritty look at the sometimes humorous, always gripping urban Native journey through the ghostlands.

These shows are appropriate for those ages 14 and older.