Thunder Road Theatre Company Presents WAY DOWN STORY, 11/18-21

By: Nov. 17, 2010
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Thunder Road Theater Company present The Way Down Story by Mark Anthony Rolo November 18-20th at 8pm and November 21 at 2pm. $8 for Seniors and Students, $10 for General Public
Old Tree Woman's life has left her hard as birch; she "ain't about family." Yet, somehow, she has found herself the sole guardian of her two teenage grandchildren. As the family struggles to survive in the inner city of Minneapolis, Old Tree Woman begins to realize that a malignant darkness has invaded her home. Soon, secrets will surface, truths will come to light. Can she brave her past to save her family's future?

Thunder Road Theater Company, the longest running Native American theater company in Tulsa, has produced plays written by Native Playwrights from all over the U.S. and Canada. The company's most recent mainstage production was Buffalo Gallery, featuring Wes Studi, well know film star (Avatar, Dances with Wolves, Last of the Mohicans) and directed by Julie Little Thunder. Buffalo Gallery and other plays, including those in the Mvskoke language, have been performed at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center, the Nightingale Theater and other venues in Tulsa, Okmulgee and across the state.

The Way Down Story is a full-length play written by Mark Anthony Rolo (Ojibwe) and directed by Thunder Road Theater Company Artistic Director, stage actor Okcate Evita Smith (Mvskoke). It stars film/stage actor Casey Camp-Horinek as Old Tree Woman, most recently seen in the feature film Barking Water, Official Selection at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.

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