By Odette Auger, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Conversation with Cree playwright and novelist Tomson Highway opens in laughter. His introduction includes describing the land, people and languages that birthed him, and then he adds, “One of these days I’m going to get outed. My answer to that is ‘Yes, it’s true. I am not Cree. I’m actually half Sasquatch’.” The joke sets the tone for the conversation that follows—a mix of humour, philosophy, language and stories that circle outward while explaining the ideas behind his play Rose, which is getting its professional world premiere at the National Arts Centre Indigenous Theatre March 25, to run until April 4. This will be the largest production to date that NAC Indigenous Theatre in Ottawa has undertaken with an all-Indigenous cast, including…
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