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We are so pleased you chose to join us at YPT for The Mush Hole.

Through plays like Hana’s Suitcase, YPT committed to sharing the truth about the Holocaust in ways appropriate for young hearts and minds. And now, it has become all too clear that, in Canada, adults and children must also face the truth about Canada’s Residential Schools… and the impact on countless Indigenous people. We know that The Mush Hole reflects on difficult things to see and hear. But facing truth really does set us free – to heal and to be and do better.

The theme that inspires the 2019.20 season at YPT is the Seven Ancestral Teachings of the Anishinaabe. The Mush Hole offers a powerful example of Truth. Find out more about YPT’s connection to Indigeneity and the Seven Ancestral teachings at youngpeoplestheatre.org/about-ypt/indigenizeus.

If you and your family wish to know more about the impact of Canada’s Residential Schools or have questions, check out these online sources:

The Woodland Cultural Centre that is preserving the Mohawk Institute building: woodlandculturalcentre.caVarious reports and histories from the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation: nctr.ca/reports.phpNames of 2800 victims of Canada’s Residential Schools: bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49884387

We hope to see you again at YPT.

ALLEN MACINNISArtistic Director

NANCY J. WEBSTERExecutive Director

A Message from the Artistic and Executive Directors

YPT is situated on lands and waterways that have known human activity for more than 15,000 years. We acknowledge the ancestral lands of the Dish with One Spoon Territory, and more recently Treaty 13. This includes the Mississaugas of the Credit who are part of the Anishinaabe Nation, the Wyandot Nation, also the Haudenosaunee Confederacy of Six Nations, and any other Nation, recorded or unrecorded. Miigwech, Nya-weh, Thank you for letting us gather here today.

For more information on Indigenous learning at YPT, please visit YOUNGPEOPLESTHEATRE.ORG/ABOUT-YPT/INDIGENIZEUS

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YOUNG PEOPLE’S THEATREPRESENTS

The performance will run approximately 65 minutes, followed by a Q&A.Photo, video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

Created, Directed and Produced by Santee SmithRemount Produced by Kaha:wi Dance Theatre

CASTPerformers Julianne Blackbird

Jonathan Fisher

Raelyn Metcalfe

PRODUCTION TEAM

Artistic Producer/Director

Cultural Advisors

Composition/Arrangement

Additional Composition

Video Tech/Director

Set/Original Lighting Designer

Costume Designer

Additional Costumes

Set Construction

Production Support/

Videographer

Tour Production Manager/Tour

Lighting Designer

Stage Manager

Voice-over

Creation Performers

Santee Smith

Geronimo Henry,

Thohahoken

Michael Doxtater,

Roberta Hill

Jesse Zubot

Adrian Dion Harjo

Ryan Webber

Andy Moro

Adriana Fulop

Leigh Smith

Great Lakes

Scenic Studios

Shane Powless

Evan Sandham

Kennedy Brooks

Rob Lamothe

Kennedy Bomberry,

Brandon A. Oakes

Rehearsal Director

Production Support

Production Manager

Production Coordinator

Lead Video Technician

Video Practicum Participants

Studio Technician/

Cameraman/Video Actor

Audio Post Engineer

Lead Animator

Animation and Design

Practicum Participants

Video Actor

Herbie Barnes

Thru The Red Door,

Art Gallery of Guelph,

Banff Centre for the Arts

& Creativity

Karin Stubenvoll

Pia Ferrari

Jennifer Chiasson

Kevin Oliver,

Christopher Bussey,

James MacKinnon

Aubrey Fernandez

Edward Renzi

Sasha Stanojevic

Rimsha Nadeem,

Frank Seager

Carver Kirby,

Kevin Oliver

Songs: “Find My May”, commissioned remix by Nick Sherman; “The Storm” by Iskwe; "I Saw The Light" by Hank

Williams; "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" by Hank Williams, "Just a Closer Walk With Thee" by Patsy Cline; "T’will

be Glory", Martin Family Singers from the album “Kaha:wi”

Santee Smith

Montana Summers

Community Partners: Woodland Cultural Centre

Funding Support: Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council

Additional Sponsor: K.M. Hunter Foundation

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My ancestors attended the Mohawk Institute and like most people, I grew up not knowing about the atrocities that occurred inside the Canadian government and Anglican Church-run Residential School. The Mush Hole is a story about hope and finding light in dark places. As much as it speaks to intergenerational trauma it screams resilience. Every single element represented on stage comes from Survivors sharing their experiences with us. After years of silence, Mohawk Institute Survivors are courageously moving past shame and sharing their story. The Mush Hole is their truth on stage.

SANTEE SMITH/TEKARONHIÁHKWA

A Message from the Director

I tore this school down a thousand times in my mindWatched it burn into the same groundI lost my heartI crawled this far all by myself without your help

I’ll reach farther, I’ll get back my heartEvery day is a year but I’ll startI’m on the same ground I made it this farI will find my way in this dark

I don’t think ice is going to turn me aroundI don’t think this air is going to freeze my lungsIf I ask for help to get back on my feetTo walk on this goddamn earth where there’s nothing left of me

Stand up cold morning frozen hands fields are callingI haven’t seen my family since I was 6 years oldFind my way back homeFrom the Mush Hole, folded Sunday clothes from the kid before

If I can’t run away I’ll stay sick for days, stolen candyIf I can’t see your face I’ll find another wayTo survive this placeCalled the Mush Hole, folded Sunday clothes, let me go

Find My Way - Song Lyrics adapted for The Mush Hole by Nick Sherman

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Cast

Jonathan has been acting professionally for the past 27 years. Selected theatre credits include: Almighty Voice and His Wife (Native

JONATHAN FISHERPERFORMING AS #48 / ERNEST

RAELYN METCALFE PERFORMING AS #17 / GRACE

Raised in Vancouver and based in Toronto, Raelyn is Plains Cree from Saskatchewan. She is a graduate of The Conteur Dance

Academy. Her love of performing began with ballet and transitioned her into other styles, including musical theatre. She has trained with The Richmond Academy of Dance, MOVE: the company, and The Conteur Academy. In 2015 Raelyn had the pleasure of working with Conteur Dance Company, a preview development show under the direction of Artistic Director Eryn Waltman. Raelyn has also worked with Aria Evans who is artistic director of Political Movement. In 2017 Raelyn performed Aria’s work Voice of a Nation, commissioned by the Toronto Concert Orchestra. Revisiting her identity and background, Raelyn had the opportunity to perform as a dancer at the 2018 Indspire Awards along with Santee Smith, the founding artistic director of Kaha:wi Dance Theatre. Following her passion of performing both on stage and on film, Raelyn is a dedicated dance artist who wishes to continue her inspiration for others.

Santee is a multidisciplinary artist, award-winning producer and Artistic

Director of Kaha:wi Dance Theatre. She is from the Kahnyen’kehàka Nation, Turtle Clan, Six Nations of the Grand River. Her passion is creating performance from an Indigenous lens and process. Her training includes: Canada’s National Ballet School; Physical Education and Psychology degrees from McMaster University and an M.A. in Dance from York University. Kaha:wi Dance Theatre is an internationally renowned company with numerous productions including the recent Blood Tides, which garnered two Dora Mavor Moore Awards in Dance. Santee’s commissions include international collaborations with companies such as the National Arts Centre Orchestra, among others. Santee is the Chancellor of McMaster University.

SANTEE SMITH/TEKARONHIÁHKWACREATOR/ARTISTIC PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/PERFORMING AS #29 / MABEL

Julianne is from the Mohawk Nation, Turtle Clan from Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, and attends McKinnon Park Secondary School

JULIANNE BLACKBIRDPERFORMING AS #11 / THE ONE WHO GOT AWAY

Earth Performing Arts); The Rez Sisters, 400 Kilometres, The Hours That Remain (Magnus Theatre); Dry Lips Oughta Move To Kapuskasing (Red Roots Theatre); fareWel (Prairie Theatre Exchange); A Trickster's Tale (Theatre Direct); Copper Thunderbird (National Arts Centre); Tales of an Urban Indian (Talk Is Free Theatre); Night (Human Cargo); Elle (Theatre Passe Muraille); The Berlin Blues, Ipperwash (Blyth Festival); Reckoning (Article 11); Home is a Beautiful Word (Persephone Theatre); Weaving Reconciliation: Our Way (Vancouver Moving Theatre Company); and Bystander (Gwaandak Theatre).

in grade 12. Julianne has been dancing since age 3, in all genres including jazz, tap, hip hop, lyrical, contemporary, ballet and pointe. In 2014, Julianne danced in The Gift in Toronto for Mercedes Bernardez. She was an extra in the documentary A Desert Between Us & Them: Raiders, Traitors, and Refugees in the War of 1812 in 2013. Julianne has performed with Santee Smith at the opening ceremonies of the 2017 North American Indigenous Games, 2017 World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education closing ceremonies, 2018 Indspire Awards, The Mush Hole (2017-2019), Junior Harbourfront Festival 2018, and Blood Tides 2018 and 2019. Julianne performed in Saia’tatokénhti: Homage to Saint Kateri with the McGill Chamber Orchestra in October 2018, directed and choreographed by Alejandro Ronceria.

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MONTANA SUMMERS PERFORMING AS #34 / WALTER, A.K.A. WALL EYE

Montana is from the Oneida First Nation of the Thames. Montana began training in the exploration of indigenous and contemporary dance

when he was accepted into the Indigenous Dance Residency (2015) and Kaha:wi Dance Theatre’s Summer Intensive (2016). Montana has also had the chance to work with Kaha:wi Dance Theatre’s Artistic Director Santee Smith with other performances and projects including The Honouring (2015-17), Medicine Bear, I Lost My Talk – National Arts Centre Orchestra (2016) and for the Opening of the North American Indigenous Games (2017). Additionally, Montana joined Backyard Theatre for his first acting performance in The Other Side of the River (2019). Montana now focuses on creating and teaching workshops/classes for young ages in his home city of London, Ontario.

Production Team

Jesse is one of those unique composers/producers whose praxis spans multiple genres and transcends contextualization. Known mainly as a violinist, he is also a multi-instrumentalist and tends to incorporate electronic manipulation and studio gadgetry within his work. Jesse is a 3-time Juno Award-winning musician with his own projects and has become an in-demand producer having produced the Polaris Music Prize album Animism and the recent Polaris Music Prize Shortlisted album Retribution by Tanya Tagaq. The Tagaq album, Animism, garnered Zubot the award for Producer of the Year at the 2015 Western Canadian Music Awards and a nomination for Producer of the Year at the 2015 Juno Awards. Zubot has recently delved heavily into the world of film scoring, completing the score to the acclaimed Canadian film, Indian Horse, based on the novel by the late Richard Wagamese. He was nominated for a 2018 Leo Award for Best Musical Score in a Motion Picture for Indian Horse. He has been commissioned by CBC to write symphonies and arrangements for the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and Symphony Nova Scotia. Jesse has done work in the world of dance with choreographers such as Benoit Lachambre, Su-Feh Lee and Santee Smith.

JESSE ZUBOTCOMPOSITION/ARRANGEMENT

Adrian is a multi-award winning “jack of all trades” when it comes to performing arts. He started singing Powwow style at 7, Fancy Dancing at 10, and then began Hoop Dancing at 12 years of age. His performances have taken him around the world numerous times to share his culture with global audiences. Currently, Adrian now owns his own production company, OvenBakedBeatz LLC, where he produces music for TV, radio and live theatre. Adrian stands evenly in both worlds of Traditional Culture and Modern Music with credits including a NAMMY (Native American Music Award), CANAB (Canadian Aboriginal Music Award), Grammy (2001) and RIAA GOLD Certification. He has created compositions for Kaha:wi Dance Theatre’s TransMigration, The Honouring and NeoIndigenA.

ADRIAN DION HARJOMUSIC COMPOSITION

Andy is a mixed Euro/Omushkego Cree multi-disciplinary artist. His work includes performance installation, set, projection lighting and audio design with companies across the country. He is a cofounder/director with Tara Beagan of ARTICLE 11, named for the article in the UN Declarationon the Rights of Indigenous People, stating: Indigenous peoples have the right to practice and revitalize, maintain, protect and develop past, present and future manifestations of their cultures, such as historical sites, artefacts, designs, ceremonies, technologies and visual andperforming arts and literature. ARTICLE 11 is currently touring Reckoning – a triptych tackling the fallout from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Their installation DECLARATION has been featured at the Royal Ontario Museum, the National Arts Centre and Calgary City Hall and DECLARATION: ReMatriation - an international Indigenous collaboration at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. ARTICLE 11’s Deer Woman has toured to Kia Mau Festival, Aotearoa and Edinburgh Fringe Festival @CanadaHub as a part of the Indigenous Contemporary Scene.

ANDY MOROSET/ORIGINAL LIGHTING DESIGNER

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Evan is a Health & Safety consultant specializing in Live Entertainment with his company Production Health & Safety. When not inspecting theatres and concert venues, he does a show every now and again to keep it real. Select Credits: For Kaha:wi Dance Theatre: Production Manager, Blood Tides (World Premiere - 2018); Tour Manager, Re-Quickening (2017); Lighting Designer, The Honouring (2017). Elsewhere: Health & Safety Manager, WayHome/Boots & Hearts, Republic Live (2016-18); Head of Lighting/TD, Mass Exodus 2016, Ryerson School of Fashion; Technical Director, Kudelka Meets Ryerson Dances (2015); Lighting Designer, Balm In Gilead, Ryerson Theatre School (2015); Audio Lead, Maple Leaf Gardens (Basketball), Toronto 2015 PanAm Games; Course Technician, Tough Mudder Canada (2015-18); Scenic Designer, Les Misérables, Hometown Acting Company (2013); Assistant Stage Manager, PSY: Halftime-Show, PRP (2012); Field Technician, 100th Grey Cup Halftime Show, PRP (2012).

EVAN SANDHAMTOUR PRODUCTION MANAGER/TOUR LIGHTING DESIGNER

Adriana is a Slovakian-born fashion and costume designer. In 1999 she moved to Toronto to pursue a career in fashion and costuming. In 2001, she started her own fashion label Plastik Wrap, which led her into the costume design profession. In the last decade, Adriana has created costumes for many video and film productions, dancers, musicians, as well as independent theatres and artists. Her client list includes Space Channel, APTN, Kaha:wi Dance Theatre, Bralen Dance Theatre, Indspire Awards and many others. Adriana's main passion is creating. She embraces the challenge of designing any style required for the job at hand.

ADRIANA FULOPCOSTUME DESIGN

Singer-songwriter Nick Sherman gives new meaning to “the voice in the wilderness", or rather, the voice from the wilderness. While he still calls his rural birthplace of Sioux Lookout home, Sherman spent much of his youth out on the land, moving between his hometown, the small First Nation community of Weagamow Lake, and his family’s trapline on North Caribou Lake. Nick is not only inspired by his memories of those early trapline sounds—the timeless hymns of celebration and lamentation on his reserve—but by great songwriters including William Elliott Whitmore, Ray LaMontagne and Sam Cooke. His gentle voice is rich with honesty and the vitality of youth, but tempered with world weariness, atop his strong, simple guitar. Nick's most current album, Knives & Wildrice, is inspired by the lives of people in his community, his own upbringing, and life experiences as he now raises his own family in Canada's north. His Indigenous heritage resonates with soul-brushing candour as he sings the boreal forest blues.

NICK SHERMANSONGWRITER, “FIND MY WAY”

Kennedy is professionally-trained production manager and stage manager with a passion for design. In addition to freelance corporate work and theatrical architectural consulting, recent show credits include: Stage/Production Manager, Solo Dance Exchange (Kaeja d'Dance); Stage Manager, Re-Quickening (Kaha:wi); Lighting Designer and Technical Director, P.S. We Are All Here,(Toronto Love-In); Stage Manager, Porchview Dances Longbranch and Crave/Defiant, (Kaeja d’Dance); Stage Manager, Room #7/Birds Nesting in Fingers in Bloom (Moonhorse Dance); Production Manager, Swansea School of Dance; Stage Manager, The Legwarmers Christmas; Stage Manager, Legends of Horror Casa Loma (Hit & Run); Stage Manager, Steer (Zata Omm Dance). When not working on shows or designing theatres Kennedy watches the Food Network compulsively and reads psychological thrillers.

KENNEDY BROOKSSTAGE MANAGER

Shane is from the Mohawk Nation from Six Nations of the Grand River. He works as avideographer/photographer/editor graphic designer/lighting technician/audio technician. Over the years, Shane has travelled extensively with various dance, theatre productions and musical groups providing the above services. His focus has been working within his Six Nations

SHANE POWLESSVIDEOGRAPHY/PRODUCTION SUPPORT

community, supporting artists and cultural projects with organizations and artists such as: Woodland Cultural Centre, Kaha:wi Dance Theatre, Thru the Red Door, Six Nations Polytechnic Institute, Six Nations Council, Derek Miller Band, Logan Staats, Rochester Knighthawks, Lacey Hill and more.

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YPT StaffAllen MacInnis artistic director

Nancy J. Webster executive director

Craig Morash senior director of finance

Nick Tracey senior director of administration

ADMINISTRATION & ARTISTIC

Edgar Chua director of operations

Stephen Colella associate artistic director & dramaturg

Lobsang Dhonden operations assistant

Odelia Lee accounting assistant

Neha Ross general management intern*

Becky Loi front of house manager

William Balogh assistant front of house manager

Chris Conrad assistant front of house manager

Ester Ayala part-time custodian

Lourdes Mendoza custodian

ushers:

Günce AkpinarGillian Arnold Daniel BellAmelia BlaineTarah Hamilton Lindsay IvanKiara KimGuy Legault

Adriana Catalina Solis LozanoPeter MundellIvy OdziemkowskiOdunayo Olalere Karen RiveraQuinton SamuelStephen SchroederJulie Thompson

guest services support Nora Allman Roberts

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EDUCATION & PARTICIPATIONKaren Gilodo associate artistic director, education

Katherine Sanders associate director, education

Aimee Bouchard community programs manager

Molly Gardner education manager

Lindy Kinoshameg community engagement facilitator

Emily Langer drama school coordinator

Norah O’Donnell community volunteer manager

Odunayo Olalere e&p communications assistant

Liz Pounsett drama school director

Jin Shin drama school assistant

student placements:Justin Alves Sierra Cooper Jocelyn DottaMorgan Kirsch

resident artist educators:Marjie ChudDeborah DrakefordMark KrederErica May-WoodLeslie McCueJennifer Villaverde

MARKETING & SALES

Liana Sanders director of marketing

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Clare Hill communications officer

Mariya Morosovska graphic designer/webmaster

Ksenia Sabouloua ticketing administrator

Ali Sultani marketing & promotions assistant

Susan Waycik sales coordinator/ box office supervisor

sales associates: Gaby GriceAndrea MeisterMatt PilipiakElizabeth Staples Sarah Thorpe

FUNDRAISING & DEVELOPMENT

Allan Penning director of development

Elizabeth Sheffield associate director of

development

Gillian Armstrong development officer

Kristina Majnarich development coordinator

Isabelle Siciliano development officer

PATRON SERVICES

*Ms. Ross' internship courtesy of the Metcalf Foundation.

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Chris Pitts, chair

David Scandiffio, past chair

Jennifer Arp Colin BohmTabatha BullRoger Cattell Carol ChiuHolly Coll-BlackRod DaviesShauna Emerson-O’NeillAnshu GroverJenine KrauseShannan Levere

Neil Macdonald Les MallinsAlayne MetrickSeanna MillarPeter OliveJulie Soloway Carl SpitzerWill StewartBob TamRebecca TasconaCassandra White

Board of Directors

YPT Production StaffJoshua Hind director of production

Shanna Miller technical director

Eric Daniliunas* assistant scenic carpenter

Lauren Fahey production assistant

Dan Fletcher* head electrician

Ilana Harendorf head of wardrobe

Taylor Lindsay* studio technician

Lokki Ma head of props

Mike Mills* head of audio

Zack Taylor* stage carpenter

Ryan Wilson* head scenic carpenter

*Employees of YPT represented by Local 58 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.

YOUNG PEOPLE’S THEATRE is the oldest professional theatre company in Toronto and is a national producer and presenter of theatre for young audiences – the first and largest of its kind in Canada. Over the past 54 years YPT has staged many of the most important plays that form the canon of work for youth in our country. The enriched learning experiences of YPT’s Education & Participation Department also provide young people with opportunities to develop their whole being. At Young People’s Theatre we strive for a positive and lasting impact on the emotional, social and intellectual development of young people – giving them the chance to grow into the unique and wonderful people they were born to be.

Young People’s Theatre is embarking upon Room for Imagination – a $50 million comprehensive campaign to build a new home. YPT has been operating for the last four decades in a re-purposed Heritage building owned by the City of Toronto. Today, the company is bursting at the seams. It is time to create a child-friendly, state-of-the-art facility to ensure long-term sustainability for an already financially-successful children’s charity.

For more information, contact YPT's Executive Director, Nancy Webster: nwebster@youngpeoplestheatre.org

About Young People’s Theatre

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• Did you know YPT offers school and community workshops? Contact us for more details!

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• Children in grades 1-6 can create a Play in a Day on all PA Days in the TDSB/TCDSB calendar year. The first PA Days of the year are Oct. 11 and Nov. 15. Register online to ensure your spot!

• Explore At the Centre, YPT’s arts education blog – a resource for artists, teachers, artist educators and theatre practitioners: youngpeoplestheatre.org/at-the-centre

To register or for more information visit our website or call the box office:

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Our Generous Supporters

We asked children in our Summer Drama School Camps to use their imaginations to help us name our donor giving levels. YPT is pleased to use some of their creative

ideas here, as we thank and recognize our generous supporters.

Unicorns: $50,000+

Giants: $10,000+

AnonymousBMOThe George Cedric Metcalf

Charitable Foundation

Susan & David Scandiffio*ScotiabankTD Bank Group

AccentureAnonymous (2)BlackRockBlake, Cassels & Graydon LLPSheila Brown***, Doug Guzman & FamilyThe Budd Sugarman FoundationThe Catherine and Maxwell Meighen

FoundationRoyce G. Charles-DunneCIBC Asset ManagementCIBC Children's FoundationDeloitteEnercare Home & Commercial Services LPErnst & Young LLP

Christopher Jones*** & Christine WilliamsKPMGAllen MacInnis** & Arin MurrayThe Mary-Margaret Webb FoundationAlayne Metrick*National Bank FinancialRBC FoundationTD SecuritiesTippet FoundationNancy J. Webster**Wells FargoDarryl & Cassandra White*Wolseley

Ada Slaight Education Centre at YPT $1,000,000+

The Slaight Family Foundation

Wizards: $5,000+BIMMBennett Jones LLPColin* & Josie BohmBothwell-AccurateRoger Cattell*Holly Coll-Black*, Rupert Duchesne & FamilyThe Dalglish Family FoundationDiabsolutEdwards Charitable FoundationHart-Lee FamilyJoan & Clifford Hatch FoundationThe Leonard Foundation

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and MikaylaNeil Macdonald*

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The above donations were made from September 1, 2018 to September 23, 2019. If we have incorrectly recognized you, please contact Kristina in the Development Office at

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• What are the creative conventions used to tell the story of The Mush Hole?

• How are each of the characters in the play affected by Residential School?

• What do you imagine are the long-term effects of Residential Schools?

• Why and how do you think people are able to survive difficult situations?

• What actions can people take to learn more about other cultures?

Visit our website to see the Study Guide for this production:youngpeoplestheatre.org/schools/the-mush-hole-study-guide/

For Discussion After the Show

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