About the Event

DETAILS:

August 12th, 6pm CT

Roy Gilbreath Auditorium at Bismarck High School

Bismarck

Crystle Lightning never saw people like herself reflected in the arts and media. So along with her husband, MC Redcloud, Lightning thought there was no better way to celebrate their identity in spaces where they felt Indigenous representation was excluded than by revamping one of their favorite musicals — Grease. Their traveling theatre production is called Bear Grease — an Indigenous twist on the traditional story of high school love. The cast has familiar characters, but Bear Grease was written to give each Indigenous influence, with elements of fashion, humor, and music to really make it their own.

This event is sponsored by Bismarck State College: Bringing Humanities to Life, Sacred Pipe Resource Center, Indigenous Association, Cankdeska Cikana Community College, North Dakota Council on the Arts, and Humanities North Dakota

For more information, please contact:

Brandon Baity, brandon@indgns.org

Cheryl Ann Kary, cheryl@sacredpipe.net

TOUR SCHEDULE:

August 8, Fort Totten (Cankdeska Cikana Community College)

August 10, Fargo (Fargo Theater)

August 12, Bismarck (Bismarck High School)