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Ten-Minute Play Festival in St. Paul showcases Native American theater-makers

By Chris Hewitt

August 9, 2018 at 9:40PM
Photo by Rhiana Yazzie Andrea Fairbanks and Lorne Maxwell Duquette in "SEEDS" by Laura Shamas, part of the Native American Ten-Minute Play Festival.
Andrea Fairbanks and Lorne Maxwell Duquette in “SEEDS” by Laura Shamas, part of the Native American Ten-Minute Play Festival. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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Theater festivals tend to veer toward the experimental but a trend emerging in this third annual festival is the classic, "well-made" play.

"We're redefining the 'kitchen sink' drama," says New Native Theatre artistic director Rhiana Yazzie. "We have some really beautiful plays that center in the home, conflicts that come up within the family dynamic."

There are 12 plays, five of which feature busy actor-in-residence Lorne Maxwell Duquette, who is Cree First Nations. In fact, with the exception of one actor, all of the directors, playwrights and performers in the festival are Native American. Following the Saturday performance is a concert by Wade Fernandez.

(7:30 p.m. Fri. & Sat., 2 p.m. Sun., Gremlin Theatre, 550 Vandalia St., St. Paul, $25, brownpapertickets.com.)

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Chris Hewitt

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Interim books editor Chris Hewitt previously worked at the Pioneer Press in St. Paul, where he wrote about movies and theater.

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