The Born-Again Crow

Grocery-store clerk Beth has had a hell of a week. A hell of a life, actually, full of people squashing her soul. And after pushing back at life — stabbing a steak to her boss’s desk and lighting a magazine rack on fire, for instance — freshly unemployed Beth regroups at her mom’s suburban home. Just when Beth starts to think she’s to blame for systemic limits, the gift of a bird feeder sparks a relationship with a talking Crow who reconnects her with her true power.

This sly chamber piece from new voice Caleigh Crow turns post-capitalism ennui on its head with a righteous fury. It unearths the subtle and not so subtle ways we gaslight the marginalized (especially Indigenous women), people living with mental-health afflictions, and anyone struggling to make ends meet in low-income service jobs. There is Violence captures the vivacity and humour of one truly remarkable woman not meant for this earth, and brings her to her own glorious transcendence.

Caleigh Crow // playwright
Jessica Carmichael // director

Previews
March 9 + 11 7:30PM

Opening Night
March 13

Show Run
March 9 – 29, 2023
Tue – Sat 7:30PM + Sat 2PM

Mask Mandatory Performances
Saturday, March 15th @ 2pm
Tuesday, March 25th @ 7:30pm

Relaxed Performance
Saturday, March 15th @ 2pm

About Native Earth Performing Arts 

Native Earth Performing Arts is Canada’s oldest professional Indigenous performing arts company. Currently, in their 42nd year, they are dedicated to developing, producing, and presenting professional artistic expressions of the Indigenous experience in Canada.

Through stage productions (theatre, dance, and multi-disciplinary art), new script development, apprenticeships, and internships, Native Earth seeks to fulfill a community of artistic visions. It is a vision that is inclusive and reflective of the artistic directions of members of the Indigenous community who actively participate in the arts.

photography and treatment by Fran Chudnoff