February 2023
Alaska Humanities Forum: A Conversation Addressing MMIW in Alaska
When words aren't enough: A Conversation Addressing MMIW in Alaska An event in partnership with the Alaska Humanities Forum How do we talk about some of our most painful truths? Anchorage Opera (AO) will present the US premiere of the opera “Missing” by distinguished First Nations playwright Marie Clements and Juno award-winning composer Brian Current at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts March 10, 11 & 12. The production is Indigenous cast and led. In conversation with the cast…
Find out more »Family Opera Day at the Anchorage Museum
The museum is the stage for the Anchorage Opera in anticipation of the US premiere of the opera Missing by distinguished First Nations playwright Marie Clements and Juno award-winning composer Brian Current in March at the PAC. Enjoy family-friendly activities, Alaska Native inspired arts & crafts projects, and a pop-up performance of scenes from Aklaq & Nayak (An Alaska Native Adaptation of Hansel & Gretel), part of Anchorage Opera’s education program, AO2Go in the Auditorium at 1 pm. Included with…
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Missing
“The story we need to tell; the women we must remember” When Ava, a young white woman, is thrown from her car and badly injured in a crash, she sees another body, a young native girl, lying on the ground. Their eyes meet…their worlds connect. This USA premiere production, indigenous led and cast, gives voice (in English and Gitxsan) to the stories of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls. Hailed as an “extraordinarily moving and thought-provoking work...a milestone for…
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“The story we need to tell; the women we must remember” When Ava, a young white woman, is thrown from her car and badly injured in a crash, she sees another body, a young native girl, lying on the ground. Their eyes meet…their worlds connect. This USA premiere production, indigenous led and cast, gives voice (in English and Gitxsan) to the stories of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls. Hailed as an “extraordinarily moving and thought-provoking work...a milestone for…
Find out more »Missing
“The story we need to tell; the women we must remember” When Ava, a young white woman, is thrown from her car and badly injured in a crash, she sees another body, a young native girl, lying on the ground. Their eyes meet…their worlds connect. This USA premiere production, indigenous led and cast, gives voice (in English and Gitxsan) to the stories of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls. Hailed as an “extraordinarily moving and thought-provoking work...a milestone for…
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