Sovereignty

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Some wounds refuse to heal. Mary Kathryn Nagle’s daring new work, which debuts as the fourth production in Arena Stage’s Power Plays initiative, travels the intersections of personal and political truths, historic and present struggles. Sarah Ridge Polson, a young Cherokee lawyer fighting to restore her Nation’s jurisdiction, must confront the ever-present ghosts of her grandfathers. With shadows stretching from 1830s Cherokee Nation (now present-day Georgia) and Andrew Jackson’s White House to the Cherokee Nation in present-day Oklahoma, Sovereignty asks how high the flames of anger can rise before they ultimately consume the truth

Production Information

Approximate Running Time
135 minutes

Cast

Performer
Role
Major Ridge/Roger Ridge
Sarah Polson
John Ridge
Andrew Jackson/Ben
Sally/Flora
John Ross/Jim Ross
Elias Boudinot/Watie
Samuel Worcester/Mitch
White Chorus Man

Creative Team

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