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Cafe Daughter
January 17, 2013 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Café Daughter is a one-woman virtuosic performance, based on the life of Dr. Lillian E. Quan Dyck. This family friendly show is about a Chinese Canadian-Cree girl growing up in rural Saskatchewan. The story begins in 1957: 10-year-old Yvette Wong helps out in her parents’ café. Her mother has charged her with a secret – to never tell anyone she’s part Cree. She’s incredibly bright and dreams of becoming a doctor, but is put in the slow learners’ class because of her skin colour. This occurs at a time when Aboriginal children were forced into residential schools, provincial law forbade white women from working in Chinese-owned businesses, and Chinese-Canadian men struggled to bring families to Canada. Will Yvette flourish in the face of adversity and embrace her full identity?
Schedule
Tuesday, January 15 at 8pm
Wednesday, January 16 at 12:30pm and 8pm
Thursday, January 17 at 8pm
Friday, January 18 at 8pm
Saturday, January 19 at 2:30pm and 8pm
Sunday, January 20 at 2:30pm
Ticket Price
Regular-$20
Matinee-$15
EldersGroups&Artists-$10
Aki Pass: $30 (Ticket for both Café Daughter & Chocolate Woman Dreams the Milky Way)
For more information and to buy tickets, visit www.nativeearth.ca or call the Box Office at 1-800-204-0855.