Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing: A Play

The Toronto Star, 1988
A stunning evening of theatre, filled with ritual, magic, grim realism, and the spirit of life.

Book Description
This emotionally riveting play tells another story of the mythical Wasychigan Hill Indian Reservation, also the setting for Tomson Highway's award-winning play The Rez Sisters. Wherein The Rez Sisters the focus was on seven "Wasy" women and the game was bingo, Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing features seven "Wasy" men and the game of hockey. It is a fast-paced story of tragedy, comedy, and hope.

About the Author
Tomson Highway is one of the most distinctive playwrights to come along in years. His plays explore the contemporary Indian in dominant white society, and the results are both exciting and challenging. Highway was born on his father's trap-line in northern Canada. His father was a trapper, fisherman, and legendary dogsled racer. Trained as a concert pianist, Tomson turned to playwriting as a way to portray the lives and times of Native people. His award-winning plays have been produced throughout the United States and Canada and around the world, and his works are studied extensively at universities everywhere. Also by Tomson Highway, The Rez Sisters.


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Set in the mythical Wasaychigan Hill Indian Reserve, this play features seven "Wasy" men and the game of hockey. It is a fast-paced story of tragedy, comedy, and hope that translates into a spectacular theater production.


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