SKéN:NEN

Toronto Premiere

May 10-11, 2024 presented by TOLive at the Bluma Appel Theatre

Photo: Santee Smith, Dancer: Katie Couchie, Graphic Design: Inti Amaterasu — **SKéN:NEN**

Our multimedia performance is set in 2050 amidst a post environmental catastrophe. A young girl flees from Ohswé:ken / Six Nations of the Grand River to the Eastern Door her Kahnyen’kehàka homelands high in the Adirondack mountains of upper state New York. Escaping rising and virus filled waters, she takes sole refuge at a community bunker camp, condoling with the land and re-aligning to the newly shifted Earth. Climate survivors arrive at the camp: a feral child who she befriends and a real or unreal Wolfwomxn creature who is guide and conjuror. A developing cohesion of the fledging community is interrupted by a lurking survivor: a young dark web hacker who is desperately trying to re-establish digital connections.

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PERFORMANCES

The Mush Hole - Upper State New York Tour

June 27, 2024 presented by GEVA Theatre at the Robert F. Panara Theater NTID/RIT, Rochester, NY

June 29, 2024 presented by Iroquois Museum at Albany Performing Arts Center, Albany, NY

TALKS & CLASSES

The Mush Hole - Truth Embodied

Santee Smith presents a personal talk and excerpt performances, sharing her family’s connection to The Mohawk Institute Residential School experience. She delves into the lasting impacts, and how creative expression is one path towards revealing silenced truths and moving towards understanding and peace.