The Ghost Dancers at the Sanford Meisner Theater

Stone Soup Theatre Arts present The Ghost Dancers, by Adam Hunault, at the Sanford Meisner Theater from 8 - 24 May 2008.

The Ghost Dancers: South Dakota, 1890. South Dakota, 1973. For the Lakota Sioux, time has stood still in a stand-off for the earth at Wounded Knee. What happens when progress engages the past and forces the inhabitants of Wounded Knee to redefine borders and cross bloodlines.

"Like all occupied peoples, the Lakota Sioux have to deal with their situation through despair, indifference, steadfastness, guilt, religious belief, rationalization, collaboration and defiance. This story also explores the ironclad justification of the occupiers - need. Our heroes eventually reach an original solution: they reverse the roles." - Adam Hunault, playwright.

Directed by Nadine Friedman, The Ghost Dancers features Alton Alburo, (Ghost Dancer), Jenn Boehm (Bison Calf), Seiko Carter (Ghost Dancer), Don Castro, (Sitting Bull), Justin Dilley (Ghost Dancer), Alejandro Garcia (Crazy Horse), Dr Mann Hanson (Custer), Al Patrick Jo, (Little Big Man), Sam Joseph (Wilson), Teresa Jusino (Black Elk), Marsha Martinez (Spotted Eagle), Galway McCullough (Crook) Banaue Miclat (Wovoka), Maysie Mills (Ghost Dancer) and Maria Schirmer (Ghost Dancer).

The creative team comprises Chris Johnson and Ramona Albert (sets), David Moyer (costumes) and Sean Linehan (lighting).