JudyLee Oliva

Chickasaw

Plays in the Archive

• Call of the River. Two acts. 62 pages. 5M 5W 1Boy 1Girl.
• On the Showroom Floor. Two acts. 74 pages. 4W 1M. Synopsis
• Face in the Mirror. One act (ten minute). 10 pages. 2W. Synopsis
• Park View Cafe, a.k.a.. One act. 22 pages. 2W 3M. Synopsis
• Pasture. One page. 2W
• Angel's Light. Two acts. 104 pages. 3W 2M. Synopsis
• The Crow on the Cradle. One act. 15 pages. 2W 1M. Synopsis
• Mark of the Feather. One act. 10 pages. 2W 1M. Synopsis
• The Fire and the Rose. Two acts. 100 pages. 3W 3M. Synopsis / Promotional
• Te Ata (Based on life of Chickasaw Indian performer, Te Ata Fisher). Two acts. 122 pages. 5W 2M Chorus. Synopsis / Photos / Program | "Five Civilized Tribes Best Musical Drama Prize," 2000

Additional Plays

• See Jane Run (1987 winner of the Agnes Nixon Playwriting Competition. Presented at Northwestern University in 1988.)
• Mourning Dove (collaboration with Dr. Barbara Korner, at Seattle Pacific University, based on 177 love letters written during World War II; in rewrites)
• Dead Mice (work in progress about two sisters growing up in Oklahoma)
• Sidewalk Scenes (collectively creative Children's Theatre piece, created and toured New York [via SUNY, Stony Brook]
• Aunt Rema's Debut (Full length,work in progress, about an older woman's debut in a community theatre production. Set in South.)
• 99 Cent Dreams (Full length, work in progress about one woman's search for the meaning of life in a world where they have forgotten to dream.)
• Spirit LIne (One act, work in progress about Navaho Weaver's legend.)

Additional Publications

• Dancing on My Grandmother's Grave. Book length collection of poetry to be published.
• David Hare: Theatricalizing Politics. Ann Arbor: UMI Research, 1990.
• Numerous articles in Theatre History Studies, Dramatic Theory and Criticism, Theatre and Religion, Theatre Topics, Theatre Three.

Address

JLOliva@aol.com

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