Overview

It's 1950 in the deserts of Southern California. Evangelist Brother Cain has a booming trade; his tent revival show moves from town to town, fleecing crowds desperate for something to believe in. When he discovers Mary, a Ntlaka'pamux woman from BC's Nicola Valley, reading the Bible, he puts her onstage, renames her Grace, and displays her as a miracle: an Indian who can read. A grand, sweeping story of friendship and redemption, The Ministry of Grace is a powerful look at people struggling to live, love, and retain dignity in a heartless world.

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"""A gripping tale of heart and humanity...Lauzon and Riordan repeatedly demonstrate that Shakespeare's words help give voice to ideas the students find useful."" -Stratford Today ""The production leaves us in no doubt that students who depart the school are survivors of a process of cultural erasure that some will never conquer."" -Stage Door ""1939 balances youthful optimism and heartbreaking reality. By the end, I was left with feelings of both sadness and hope."" -Stratford Beacon Herald ""A Moving and Powerful 'Must-See' Play"" -Broadway World ""The message is clear and resounding without being hard-hitting."" -The Passionate Playgoer"

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"Tara Beagan is a Ntlaka'pamux and Irish ""Canadian"" playwright and actor based in Mohkinstsis (Calgary). She is cofounder/director of ARTICLE 11 with Andy Moro; their feature film Reckoning premiered in 2023. Beagan served as Artistic Director of Native Earth Performing Arts (2011 to 2013, and has been in playwright-in-residence at Cahoots Theatre, NEPA, the National Arts Centre, Berton House, and most recently, Prairie Theatre Exchange. Seven of her 35 plays are published. Two plays have received Toronto's Dora Award nominations, with one win. In 2020, Honour Beat won the Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award for Drama. Recent writing includes Rise, Red River for PTE (premiering in 2024 with PTE, Theatre Circle Moliere and A11), Nice White Lady for Necessary Angel, and Ride or Die for Sunny Drake Productions, produced by Downstage. Beagan is a Dora and Betty nominated actor, recently appearing in Theatre Calgary's Little Women as well as Vertigo's The Extractionist. Most recently, Beagan was nominated for a Betty for directing her play The Ministry of Grace (for Making Treaty 7.) Along with protege Joelle Peters, Beagan is the 2020 laureate of the Siminovitch Prize for Theatre."

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