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Sovereignty


  • Arena Stage 1101 6th Street Southwest Washington, DC, 20024 United States (map)

Some wounds refuse to heal. Mary Kathryn Nagle’s daring new work, which debuts as the fourth production in Arena Stage’s Power Plays initiative, travels the intersections of personal and political truths, historic and present struggles. Sarah Ridge Polson, a young Cherokee lawyer fighting to restore her Nation’s jurisdiction, must confront the ever-present ghosts of her grandfathers. With shadows stretching from 1830s Cherokee Nation (now present-day Georgia) and Andrew Jackson’s White House to the Cherokee Nation in present-day Oklahoma, Sovereignty* asks how high the flames of anger can rise before they ultimately consume the truth.

*Part of the Women's Voices Theater Festival

Dates: January 12 - February 18, various hours

A Special Post-Show Discussion
Feminist, journalist and socio-political activist Gloria Steinem will join playwright Mary Kathryn Nagle for a special post-show discussion following the 7:30 p.m. performance on Sunday, January 28. Director Molly Smith will moderate the conversation on tribal sovereignty and sovereignty of the female body.