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Achokayis in Where We Belong

Jessica Ranville (Red River Métis) is an actor and teaching artist from Winnipeg, Manitoba, and based in New York City. Her work in the theatre spans devised, movement-based plays to folk musicals to Shakespeare to new play development. She has performed in new and classic works within the Native theatre community for nearly a decade, including multiple collaborations with Madeline Sayet and Ty Defoe. She recently devised solo pieces while in residence at IRT Theater in Manhattan and is an adjunct for Brooklyn College’s BFA Theater Program, where she teaches movement. She has developed new works at The Playwright’s Realm, The Drama League, The Lark, WP Theater, The New Ohio Theater, and La Mama. Regional: Men on Boats (Baltimore Center Stage). MFA: The New School for Drama. Miigwetch & Maarcii to her family, near and far, and to Madeline Sayet for bringing us this story.