Join us for a staged reading of Savage, a new musical drama based on the life of Chickasaw sharpshooter and silent film actress, the unconquerable Wanda Savage. With a book by Nicolette Blount (Savage’s great-granddaughter) and Lindel Hart, and music by Blount, Savage unfolds the story of Wanda’s life and career as she navigates the conflicting worlds of Chickasaw tradition, Vaudeville, and silent-era Hollywood. Forging a career as an independent, widowed, mixed-race single mother at a time when women had only begun to have a voice in society, Wanda refused to embrace the stereotypes assigned to her by society. Telling a story of survival, resistance, and redemption through original music influenced by traditional jazz and blues, mixed with a contemporary pop aesthetic, it is a story of a woman who is both modern and proudly Native.
Stay after the show to participate in the audience discussion with the writer – a crucial part of developing new work!
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