Celebrate the 40th anniversary of a landmark Canadian drama with this special reading.

Cinematic in its use of montage techniques and hypnotic in its power, George Ryga's The Ecstasy of Rita Joe was one of the first plays in Canada to confront the issues facing our native peoples. Songs and tableaux are woven into its story of a young aboriginal woman who comes to the city only to die on Skid Row. Ryga's seminal and compelling drama is presented in a staged reading by a company that includes Kevin Loring, playwright of Where the Blood Mixes.

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