Reservations, March 8 2016

RESERVATIONS

By Steven Ratzlaff

Directed by Emma Tibaldo and Ian Ross

MARCH 10th – 20th, 2016

Venue: The Rachel Browne Theatre – 211 Bannatyne Ave. (at Main St)

Reservations inserts us into two stories; a dispute between foster parents and the Aboriginal CFS agency responsible for their children and the philosophical and spiritual decision of a Mennonite farmer who gifts his land to the Siksika Nation. Artful, entertaining and provocative, Reservations asks tough questions about our home and native land.

Steven Ratzlaff is known as one of Manitoba’s most political playwrights, exploring contemporary social and political issues through a local lens. His play Dionysus in Stony Mountain dealt with criminal justice. Last Man in Puntarenas was about health care. With this next work he continues to address issues of immediate concern, potentially making a very real change in the audience’s understanding of at –risk children and restitution for First Nations.