Aboriginal Canadian actor, writer and artistic director Sandra Laronde will give a presentation about her work with Red Sky Theatre at the University of New Mexico on Monday, Feb. 14, from 6 –7 p.m. in the UNM Center for the Arts, rm. 1111.
She will also attend and guest direct/critique the latest play by Bruce King at Sol Arts, located at 630 Girard Blvd (near Central Ave) from 3-5 p.m. on Feb. 15.
Laronde is the artistic director for Red Sky and founder and artistic producer of Native Women in the Arts. She hails from the Teme-Augama-Anishnaabe (People of the Deep Water) in Temagami, northern Ontario and resides in Toronto.
Red Sky Theatre is a dynamic new company shaping contemporary Indigenous performance. LaRonde created Red Sky to facilitate original indigenous productions. www. Redskyperformance.com.
Red Sky has produced works such as Tomson Highway's ‘Caribou Song' with the Toronto symphony orchestra; “The Rez Sisters,” and most recently, “Raven Stole the Sun” by Drew Hayden Taylor, performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
The presentation is part of UNM's Native American Studies Special Guest Artists series.
Contact: Laurie Mellas Ramirez, (505) 277-5915