Synopses & Reviews
400 Kilometres is the third play in Drew Hayden Taylors hilarious and heart-wrenching identity-politics trilogy. Janice Wirth, a thirty-something urban professional, having discovered her roots as the Ojibway orphan Grace Wabung in
Someday, and having visited her birth family on the Otter Lake Reserve in
Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth, is pregnant, and must now come to grips with the question of her true identity.” Her adoptive parents have just retired, and are about to sell their house to embark on a quest for their own identity by returning” to England. Meanwhile, the Native father of her child-to-be is attempting to convince Janice/Grace that their new generations future lies with their own people” at Otter Lake.
Which path for the future is Janice/Grace to choose, for herself, her families and her child, having spent a lifetime caught between the questions of what I am” and who I am”?
Cast of 3 women and 2 men.
Review
"Sharply written. Warm and funny."
Halifax Daily News
"Drew Hayden Taylor is not only one of the funniest writers in Canada today, hes one of the most astute as well. Hes got both common sense and a sense of humour. What a winning combination!"
CBC Radio
Review
"Drew Hayden Taylor has a deft touch for mixing comedy and commentary in an entertaining and all-Canadian form of social satire." --
Vancouver SunSynopsis
The third play in Taylors hilarious and heart-wrenching identity-politics trilogy. Cast of 3 women and 2 men.
About the Author
Drew Hayden TaylorHailed by the Montreal Gazette as one of Canadas leading Native dramatists, Drew Hayden Taylor writes for the screen as well as the stage and contributes regularly to North American Native periodicals and national newspapers. His plays have garnered many prestigious awards, and his beguiling and perceptive storytelling style has enthralled audiences in Canada, the United States and Germany. One of his most established bodies of work includes what he calls the Blues Quartet, an ongoing, outrageous and often farcical examination of Native and non-Native stereotypes.