Briefcase Warriors - Stories for the Stage

In Briefcase Warriors, a collection of six fast-paced, thought-provoking plays, E. Donald Two-Rivers presents an intricate and multifaceted view of contemporary American Indian urban life. Alternately sad, humorous, or discomfiting, these plays range from one-act vignettes accessible to young adults to extended portrayals of the seedier side of urban existence. Fast-talking and hard-living, the characters depicted by Two-Rivers struggle to survive the sometimes hostile environs of a society whose members think of them as a vanishing race.
The plays included are: Winter Summit or the Bang-Bang Incident; Forked Tongues; Chili Corn; Coyote Sits in Judgment; Shattered Dream; and Old Indian Trick (An Old Urban Indian Story as Told by an Old Urban Indian Who May Have Lied).

About the author

E. Donald Two-Rivers, of American (Chippewa) descent, is artistic director of the Red Path Theater Company in Chicago. He is the author of Survivor's Medicine: Short Stories (University of Oklahoma Press), winner of the 1999 American Book Award.

Summary

In this collection of six thought-provoking plays, E. Donald Two-Rivers presents an intricate and multifaceted view of contemporary American Indian urban life. Alternately sad, humorous, or discomfiting, these plays range from one-act vignettes accessible to young adults to extended portrayals of the seedier side of urban existence.

Product details

• Authors: Donald Two-Rivers, E Donald Two-Rivers, E. Donald Two-Rivers
• Publisher: University Of Oklahoma Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9780806169132
• ISBN: 978-0-8061-6913-2
• No. of pages: 298
• Series: American Indian Literature and Critical Studies; American Indian Literature and Critical Studies Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Drama; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories