White Girls in Moccasins (2026)
Produced by
Manidoons Collective Production and Native Earth Performing Arts
Playwright: Yolanda Bonnell
Directors: Yolanda Bonnell and Carmen Alvis
Venue
Run
March 27th, 2026 – April 12th, 2026
Synopsis
Miskozi is searching for something…
There’s something missing.
And she’s not sure what it is.
She goes on a search for herself and her culture, accompanied by her inner white girl, Waabishkizi, and guided by Ziibi, a manifestation of an ancestral river, both provoking her to try and find the answers.
She begins the journey back before she was even born, right at the seeds of colonization when her ancestors were forced to hide their culture anywhere they could.
Burying their language.
Their teachings.
Their bundles.
Their moccasins.
White Girls in Moccasins is a hilarious and poignant reclamation story that world-hops between dreams, memories, and a surreal game show. Miskozi recounts her life and is forced to grapple with her own truth, while existing in a society steeped in white supremacy.
A love letter to brown kids born in the 80s, surviving in the 90s and all those continuing to deeply reclaim. (nativeearth.ca)
Cast
| Katia Ferderber | Miskozi |
| Ravyn Wngz | Ziibi |
| Elizabeth Staples | Waabishkizi |
Creative Team
| Yolanda Bonnell | Playwright |
| Yolanda Bonnell | Director |
| Carmen Alvis | Director |
| Trevor Schwellnus | Set Designer |
| Trevor Schwellnus | Video Co-Designer |
| Rihkee Strapp | Video Co-Designer |
| Rihkee Strapp | Animations |
| Echo Zhou 周芷會 | Lighting Designer |
| Rachel Forbes | Costume Co-Designer |
| Asli Özüak | Costume Co-Designer |
| Maddie Bautista | Sound Designer |
| Maddie Bautista | Composer |
Production
| Dylan Tate-Howarth | Stage Manager |
| Wei Qing Tan | Alternate Stage Manager |
| steph raposo | Technical Director |
| Sebastian Marziali | Video Operator |
| Lisa Alves | manidoons collective Producer |
| Emma Westray | Native Earth Producer |
| Lisa Cromarty | Vocal Coach |
| Yolanda Bonnell | Movement Facilitator |
| Julia Howman | Production Manager |
| Adam Bromley | Assistant Technical Director |
| Kit Norman | House Technician |
| Sequoia Erickson | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Kathleen Preston | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Mary Magiskan | Hide Belt |
| Sheila Demerah | Moccasins |
| Aqua Nibii Waawaaskone | Drum Maker |
| Yolanda Bonnell | Birchbark Doll |
| Lena Recollet | Translator |
| Sally Atchitawens-Recollet | Translator |
| Roger Roulette | Translator |
