Cafe Daughter

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.