When Zombies begin to target and appropriate Indigenous peoples, mixed blood relatives find their invisibility can be a tool for survival.
This short play explores characters encountering a Zombie Apocalypse and how their identities as mixed heritage Indigenous folks causes these zombies to not see them as Indigenous peoples that they are included to target. Intended as a comedy, the playwrights welcome conversations with actors, directors, and producers of this piece to be adapted to fit the context of the community that is interested in exploring it.
Setting: Minneapolis, Minnesota – Present day
Acts: Children’s / Young adult one act
Characters: seven (doubling – requires five actors)
Estimated Running Time: 10 mins
Playwright Bios:
Jenn Hall is a Minneapolis-based writer of mixed heritage. She is passionate about food, caring for the environment, and sharing Native stories through the written word. She has one cat, loves being around water, and is an avid gardener.
Ajuawak Kapashesit is an actor, writer, and director for stage and screen. In 2018, he was an Indigenous Film Opportunity Fellow with the Sundance Film Institute and a finalist for the Sundance Indigenous Filmmaker’s Fellowship. His short story, A Fresh Start, was published in the anthology Before the Usual Time by Latitude 46. He was a story editor and contributing writer for the second and third seasons of the sketch comedy show, Tallboyz, on CBC. He is Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Cree, and Jewish.
