The Peoplehood
That we shall learn to walk this ground, together, in peace . . .
a multicultural, nomadic theater company
... Further adventures and journeys on the development highway,
for day we were born.
In our world on the same day two whales are saved and two Iñupiaq boys are born. Raised as brothers both young men are activated with the Alaskan National Guard for service in Iraq.
In the spirit world a girl and her grandmother, a raven, guide the lost soul of a Vietnam War veteran through the boys' lives from childhood to war, seeking a way to bring them all together before it's too late.
A play about whales, war and finding our way home, in real and remembered time.
The Peoplehood
The writing on the wall.
About Real Time:
Jaisey Bates' writing is exciting, poetic, philosophical, and stands tall with a distinctly Native American backbone. Don't miss this combustible
collection of new plays!
--Abbie Bosworth, Program Director, Playwrights @ The Loft
About Real Time:
"Real Time" gives us the opportunity to suspend time and be one with each other. Through verse and the spoken word, this ensemble cast focused on the connection between us. The cast was a diverse group with Native American Indians, Russian, French, Portuguese, Canadian, Swedish, and African cultures represented.
There were so many different nationalities and yet underneath there was one heart beating. It is this one heart that unites and joins us to make us one and transcends time. We can "make time", "waste time", "bend time", "spend time" and suspend time to discover our uniqueness and celebrate diversity while embracing what unites us. We all have common feelings and when we come from the heart, we are one and embrace as such. This is what "Real Time" meant to me. It is a celebration of what makes us human.
-- Audience member at Open Fist Theater performance
About us
A creation story.
This journey's beginnings . . .
While performing in NYC, Jaisey Bates started to wonder at the typical theater experience, how the audience watches stories unfold at a safe distance before them and how this physical experience tends to island each audience member’s relationship with the story.
. . . led to the creation of
The Peoplehood.
The Peoplehood are a nomadic company and community of multicultural actors, artists and activists committed to working as an ensemble in the performance of original work celebrating diversity.
Music is courtesy
Bill Neal
Elk Whistle
Upcoming travels
... Bundle of Arrows Productions short film version of The Litchfield Ceremony.
A French Canadian / First Nation lobsterman and frustrated poet, a woman from NYC and
a painter's spirit in the form of a
Great Blue Heron cross paths on an abandoned dock in Litchfield Woods, Maine.
Past journeys
... Reading of feature screenplay,
this radiant wasteland
at Studio / Stage Theater - April 2013
With Tejay Bah, Kimberly Guerreno*,
Shayna Jackson, Geri Keams*,
Godwin A. Obeng, Kalani Queypo*,
Joseph Runningfox*, Maya Washington*
and Gregory Zaragoza*.
*SPECIAL THANKS TO DAVID MIDTHUNDER*
Lakota Language Guide
. . . Staged reading of
day we were born as part of
Native Voices' Fall First Look Series,
The Autry's Wells Fargo Theater, September 2012
Starring Geri Keams
as Raven Who Created This World.
With Adeye Sahran, Marisa Quinn,
Zahn McClarnon, Darrell Dennis,
Spencer Battiest and Jaisey Bates
Director Kevin Sifuentes
Dramaturg and Producing Executive Director Jean Bruce Scott
Producing Artistic Director Randy Reinholz
. . . Staged reading of
Cloudy with a Chance of Redemption,
a spec script, at Studio/Stage Theater, LA,
June 2011
With: Cherita Armstrong*, Tejay Bah,
Elizabeth Francis*, Jason Grasl,
Shayna Jackson, Shyla Marlin*,
Stephanie Lynne Pinnock, Kalani Queypo*, Jonathan Root* and Dawn Stern*
. . . Staged reading of The Litchfield Ceremony during the First Annual Native Voices Short Play Festival,
The Autry Museum's Wells Fargo Theater,
November 2011
With: Jenn Bobiwash, Rose-Yvonne Colletta*, Ellen Dostal* and Brandon Oakes
Directed by Stephan Wolfert
Dramaturgy by Randy Reinholz
SUMMER 2011 REAL TIME PERFORMANCES
*SPECIAL THANKS TO*
GEORGE WITTAPARE,
our Kickstarter Exec Producer Angel!
JIM POITRAS,
for permission to use his extraordinary paintings
as part of our performances!
DAVID MIDTHUNDER,
for permission to use his beautiful photograph!
THE "REAL TIME" ACTORS
OPEN FIST and ART/WORKS MAINSTAGE THEATERS
and THE AUDIENCES
Thanks to many amazing folks,
The Peoplehood was able to offer
*FREE* Summer 2011 performances of REAL TIME during the
Silver Lake Jubilee
and the Hollywood Fringe Festival!
REAL TIME PEOPLEHOOD + INFO
... Staged reading of Art Shulman's
Cherokee history play,
Not One More Foot of Land!
at The Secret Rose Theater - February 2011
Featuring:
Music from Bill Neal Elk Whistle,
Zahn McClarnon* as Major Ridge,
Sheri Foster* as Sehoya.
With Jaisey Bates, Rebecca Black, Carlos Carrasco*, Gregory Gifford Giles*, Saginaw Grant, Jason Grasl, Harrison Lowe, Kent Minault*, Tiger Moon, Brandon Oakes, Ethan Stone, Brianna Womick, Brian Wescott.
*SPECIAL THANKS TO MR. BO TAYLOR*
Eastern Dialect Cherokee Language Guide
... Real Time excerpts at The Eclectic Theater
- January 2010
Lara Romanoff* and Jaisey Bates perform excerpts from:
The Authoress and the Authored, The Litchfield Ceremony, Only the Devil Speaks Indian.
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