The gripping true story of a Native American activist’s life and advocacy
ON THE FAR END
By Mary Kathryn Nagle
Directed by Margot Bordelon
March 28 – May 7, 2023 | World Premiere
Muscogee leader Ella Jean Hill traces her family’s history from the Trail of Tears to her grandfather’s allotment in central Oklahoma. In an astonishing one-woman play, she shares her story—the Native boarding school she fled on foot, her marriage to a young Bengali scholar, and the advocacy that became her life’s work. With On the Far End, a reference to the landmark 2020 Supreme Court opinion in McGirt v. Oklahoma that upheld the sovereignty of the Muscogee territories, one of America’s leading playwrights (Sovereignty; Manahatta) weaves a deeply personal account of one family—her own mother-in-law’s—and a legacy of broken promises between nations.
A Round House Theatre Equal Play Commission. Part of the National Capital New Play Festival.
Phone: 240.644.1100
Email: boxoffice@roundhousetheatre.org
2023/03/28 - 2023/05/07
Additional time info:
Pay-what-you can performances: March 28 , April 2 (matinee)
Masks are required at the following On the Far End performances: April 2, 7, 15, 22, 29, May 3.
Audio-Described Performance: April 15 at 2:00pm
Open-Captioned Performance: April 29 at 2:00pm
Post-Show Discussions: March 28, 29, April 23 (matinee)
Director Discussion: April 7 at 7:15 pm
Designer Discussion: March 28 at 6:45 pm
Round House Theatre Bethesda
4545 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814
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