New Native Theatre Presents


A CHRISTMAS IN OCHOPEE


by Montana cypress (Miccosukee) 

Directed by Julia Rosa Sosa


Cast

Bo Weetley-Thomas Draskovic (Lakhóta/Wahpé Khúte Dakhóta)

Virginia Weetley-Genevieve Lane (Lakota/Ojibwe)

Joseph "Junior" Weetley-Bradley Lewis (Acoma Pueblo)

Donnie Boy Weetley/Police Chief-David Valentine (Cree/Metis/Afro-Indigenous)

Uncle Leroy-James Harvin (Afro-Indigenous, Nahuatl & Rappahannock)

Audrey-JaLisa MeKee (Ho-Chunk)

Summer/Corrections Officer-Jacqueline Zepeda (Blackfeet)

Maria-Rebekah Crisanta de Ybarra (Maya-Lenca Nation)

Officer Patty-Roya White Eagle (Parnee Nation of Oklahoma)

Sports Announcer-Trey Porter (Kagchikel Maya & reconnecting

White Earth Nation Anishinaahe)

Tiny the Dog-Theo Koppinger (Shih Tzu/ Bichon Frise)



Artistic Director- Rhiana Yazzie

Stage Manager-Becca Wilts

Assistant Director- Charli Fool Bear (Yanktonai)

Scenic Designer-Tania Barrenechea

Lighting Designer-Ellie Simonett

Assistant Lighting Designer-Dante Benjegerdes

Costume Designer-Amber Buckanaga (Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe)

Sound Designer- Eric C. Gonzalez

Carpenter-Erin Gustafson

Fight & Intimacy Choreographer-H Ashley-

Company Elder-Inez DeCoteau (Turtle Mountain Ojibwe)

Props Designer-Trey Porter (Kagchikel Maya E reconnecting

White Earth Nation Anishinaahe)

Company Therapist-Alex Montes, LICSW SEP

Apprentice Light Designer-Rehekah Crisanta de Whavra (Maya- Lenca Nation)


Photographer-Jeff Schad Imagery

Rehearsal Photos-JRS, Becca Wilts, Trey Porter, Charli Fool-Bear, Rhiana Yazzie