Where We Belong by Madeline Sayet - ISBN: 9781350338791
Paperback
Lost in Shakespeare, she finds her ancestors and where she belongs.

Where We Belong

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  • Paperback

    80 pages

  • Release Date

    27 July 2022

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Summary

I’ve been trying to remember a story. Can you help me? A long time ago our ancestors told it to us. I think it has to do with where we belong.

In 2015, Mohegan Theater Maker Madeline Sayet travelled to England to pursue a PhD in Shakespeare, but her voyage across the ocean became an unexpected journey of transformation. Riding the spirit wind of her Mohegan ancestors who crossed the Atlantic in the 1700s on diplomatic missions to protect her people,…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781350338791
ISBN-10:1350338796
Author:Madeline Sayet
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:Methuen Drama
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:80
Release Date:27 July 2022
Weight:80g
Dimensions:198mm x 128mm x 8mm
Series:Modern Plays
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Critics Review

A spiritual journey-Sayet performs with humbling passion.

A spiritual journey-Sayet performs with humbling passion. * The Upcoming *Not only is Sayet joyfully emotional, real, and incredibly funny, she is a euphoric storyteller, with an important story and explication on cultural authority and experience to tell. * Ask the Ushers *

A wrenching meditation on appropriation, cultural genocide and how to best honor one’s ancestry.

* The Washington Post *

Where We Belong is glorious playwriting… don’t miss this one

* MD Theatre Guide *

About The Author

Madeline Sayet

Madeline Sayet is a Mohegan theatre maker. She has been honored as a Forbes 30 Under 30 in Hollywood & Entertainment, TED Fellow, MIT Media Lab Director’s Fellow, National Directing Fellow, Drama League Director-In-Residence, NCAIED Native American 40 Under 40, and a recipient of The White House Champion of Change Award from President Obama. She premiered her solo performance piece Where We Belong at Shakespeare’s Globe and RichMix in London this past summer to critical acclaim, becoming the first Native American playwright to have her work performed at The Globe.

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