THE EAGLE PROJECT presents Broken Heart Land by Cherokee playwright Vicki Lynn Mooney
Thursday, November 6th through Sunday, November 16th, 2014 at the WorkShop Theater in New York City
NEW YORK, Oct. 23, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Broken Heart Land, a Finalist in the 2012 Native American New Play Festival is a full-length play by Cherokee Nation playwright Vicki Lynn Mooney and directed by Tony White. Broken Heart Land is the story of Alma Wimsey, the mixed-blood daughter of a Cherokee father and white mother. At thirteen she is manipulated into an arranged marriage so that her white grandfather can gain control over her tribal land including the valuable railroad through Tulsa. The story is one of love and power within the Native community during the devastating land grab by white interlopers in Oklahoma when it was still Indian Territory.
Matt C. Cross, 22, a member of the Oklahoma City Theatre Company came to NY from Oklahoma to play the role of Tsimi, and will make his New York City stage debut in the play.
Eagle Project presents World Premiere of Broken Heart Land by Vicki Lynn Mooney, directed by Tony White, featuring Molly Callahan, Matt C. Cross, Sam Lopresti, Margaret Champagne, Jara Jones, and John Mazurek* (appearing courtesy of Actors Equity Association).
*Denotes member of Actors Equity Association
The Eagle Project, founded in 2012 by Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape tribe member and NYC actor Ryan Victor Pierce (aka "Little Eagle") hopes to use theater to foster a community of artists and audience to give the Native American stories their proper place in American Theater. Broken Heart Land is the company's second full production. For more info: http://www.eagleprojectarts.org/
Broken Heart Land will perform Thursday, November 6th through Sunday, Nov 16th at 8PM, Saturdays (Nov 8th and 15th) at 2PM and 8PM; Sunday Nov 9th at 7p.m and Sunday, November 16th at 3p.m at the WorkShop Theater Company's Mainstage Theater, 312 West 36th Street, 4th Floor New York, NY.
Tickets ($18) may be purchased online at www.smarttix.com (212) 868-4444
Press Contact: Laura Rohrman | [email protected] | 917-292-7359
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SOURCE The Eagle Project
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