1607: First Landing
Chip Fortier - Playwright
Thursdays and Saturdays 6:00pm
May 22nd - Sept. 1st*
*Encore performance on Labor Day
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The specially commissioned play was written by Chip Fortier of Virginia Beach. The play leans toward the Virginia Indian viewpoint. The main characters are American Indians, and only one speaks English during the play. The rest speak Algonquian.
The story focuses on an Indian and an English boy who save each other's lives and become friends as battles and power plays rage around them. Live through the eyes of a young Native American man, as he is initiated to warrior status among the Algonquin people. His trials as a new warrior begin when the English colonists land. The tribe's tranquility is disturbed and conflict ensues. He develops an unlikely friendship with a young Englishman and discovers peace is possible between the two peoples. "1607: First Landing" explores the hopes and misfortunes that both cultures were forced to meet and, ultimately, overcome.