Rose

Rose is the eagerly awaited third installment in Tomson Highwayís ìrezî cycle -- a large-cast musical set on the Wasaychigan Hill Reserve in 1992, reintroducing many of the characters from the first two plays, The Rez Sisters and Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing.AK The play features, as the title suggests, Roses. One Rose has recently become chief of the reserve, a woman who must fight constantly to keep her position and maintain the integrity of her native culture. Another Rose died seven years earlier in the saddle of her Harley while on her glorious, but grievous journey to womenís liberation. The third Rose never even had a chance to be born.AK Emily Dictionary and some of her female biker pals take center stage when Big Joey enlists the Sudbury Mafia to help with his plans to open a multi-million dollar dream casino in the womenís cherished Community Hall on the Rez. Bob Rae, Premier of Ontario at the time, makes an appearance in a land claims negotiation to sign the first Indian treaty in a hundred years with Chief Big Rose.AK Violence against women is once again a powerful issue in the play as the battle for the future of the community builds to its shattering climax.Tomson Highway is the author of 'Rose', published 2003 under ISBN 9780889224902 and ISBN 0889224900.