The Roots and Wings Project
Juana Maria
Sun, May 25
|Los Angeles
A Ritual Dirge by Roger Q. Mason
Time & Location
May 25, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM PDT
Los Angeles, 5319 York Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90042, USA
About the event
A Ritual Dirge by Roger Q. Mason
Director Michael Alvarez
May 25 and June 1, 2025
Produced by Outside In Theatre and Skylight Theatre Company in association with The Roots & Wings Project
West of the West Coast lies the isolated St. Nicolas Island where a young indigenous woman lived for almost two decades without human contact. And then she was "rescued" in 1853 by an American sailor with a bounty.
After living as an exotic at the Santa Barbara Mission for seven weeks, rich food, fleeting fame, and the excess of the West killed her. This is a dirge for her last two months alive. Juana Maria is a recipient of the 2024 Ojai Playwright Conference Fall Playwright Residency.