Taproot Edmonton Logo
Taproot Edmonton
Sites
For you
Calendar
Tasks
Explore
In-person Arts & Culture

Civil Blood: A Treaty Story

July 24, 2024 to Aug. 4, 2024

Fort Edmonton Park
theatre
Selected as a Taproot pick
More Information
Organized by: Thou Art Here Theatre
In partnership with: Common Ground Arts Society

Thou Art Here is thrilled to be producing the world premiere of Civil Blood: A Treaty Story co-presented by Common Ground Arts with support from Fort Edmonton Park. Originally developed at the Truth and Reconciliation through Theatre workshop at the Banff Centre for the Arts in 2016, the play has gone through development process with support from Theatre Network's Nextfest, Common Ground Arts' Found Festival, Flying Canoe Volant, and the Dreamspeakers' Rubaboo Festival. This incredibly ambitious and immersive production reaches across generations and cultures.

Choose between two intertwining stories in this epic two-play adventure.

Which path will you follow in the historically authentic 1876 Amiskwaciwâskahikan fort (ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ ). Tensions are high. The fur trade is collapsing, settlers are encroaching into the territories of the First Nations, and the newly founded Canadian government is attempting to define itself through law and order. Tribes are suffering from scarcity of food, destroyed hunting grounds, starvation, and the ever-burdensome whiskey. Follow Ekah, a nehiyaw huntress or Lily, an European idealist in this immersive contemporary tale inspired by the signing of Treaty #6, the love story of Romeo and Juliet, and the lessons learned about what it means to be treaty people. See the present truth by discovering our collective past.

Fort Edmonton Park

The Old Fort

7000 143 Street NW
Edmonton, AB, T6H 4P3

More dates and times

Related events

Loading events...

Come ye, and behold, as we assuredly DIE-NASTY
April 20

Come ye, and behold, as we assuredly DIE-NASTY

Monday, April 20

Starts at 7:30pm

Varscona Theatre

We only know the stories that were written down but what about everything else that happened?

Waiting for the Parade
April 22

Waiting for the Parade

Wednesday, April 22

Starts at 7:30pm

Walterdale Theatre

Set on the Canadian home front during the Second World War, Waiting for the Parade follows the journey of five women as they dedicate themselves to the...

Casey and Diana
April 22

Casey and Diana

Wednesday, April 22

Starts at 7:30pm

Citadel Theatre

Set in 1991 at Toronto’s Casey House, this moving story unfolds during the AIDS crisis, following residents and staff as they prepare for Princess Dian...

Casey and Diana
April 22

Casey and Diana

Wednesday, April 22

Starts at 7:30pm

Citadel Theatre

Set in 1991 at Toronto’s Casey House, this moving story unfolds during the AIDS crisis, following residents and staff as they prepare for Princess Dian...

Waiting for the Parade
April 23

Waiting for the Parade

Thursday, April 23

Starts at 7:30pm

Walterdale Theatre

Set on the Canadian home front during the Second World War, Waiting for the Parade follows the journey of five women as they dedicate themselves to the...

Casey and Diana
April 23

Casey and Diana

Thursday, April 23

Starts at 7:30pm

Citadel Theatre

Set in 1991 at Toronto’s Casey House, this moving story unfolds during the AIDS crisis, following residents and staff as they prepare for Princess Dian...

More events