MY LIFE IS MY SUN DANCE
 
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 03:19:12 -0500 (CDT)


 ~"Nothing on Broadway even remotely as moving as MY LIFE IS MY SUN DANCE"~

Photo: Lakota actor Doug Foote in theater production, Leonard Peltier: "My
Life Is My Sundance" in Boulder. (Photos by Keith and Dayna)
Slide show:
http://www.slide.com/r/uNLGRS0wuT83pyBGFKdkH9KQ19zDR6F2?referrer=emcd
LPDC WEBSITE: http://www.leonardpeltier.net/
Contact for play: Producers Cathie and Paul Soderman: warriorartists@aol.com
http://www.warriorartists.com/

UPDATE: Message from Harvey Arden
Responding to questions about the theater production, co-playwright Harvey
Arden said:
"No, the play wasn't cancelled. It had 12 wonderful performances. It HAS
been attacked by at least one FBI surrogate and remains unmentioned (as yet)
in the national press, though was well-reviewed by press in Boulder & Denver
when it played. We're hoping to take it on the road. It WAS mentioned in NDN
journalist Brenda Norrell's new website CENSORED -- which features NDN
subjects the corporate media conveniently ignore, as they've ignored Leonard
for decades, except for an occasional hatchet job. There was, however, no
cancelling or censoring of the production of MY LIFE IS MY SUN DANCE. Every
performance brought audiences to tears, outrage & inspiration; I myself have
never seen a theater audience more profoundly moved or shaken; sustained
standing applause for Lakota actor Doug Foote's incandescent performance
were powerful experiences in themselves. There's nothing on Broadway today
even remotely as moving as MY LIFE IS MY SUN DANCE. Are there other theaters
withthe grit and integrity to stage Cathie Quigley-Soderman's wondrous
production? There's already an offer for a potential London production.
We'll see. I'd rather see a major production here in the States touring
every regional theater in the land. Leonard has a rare parole hearin in
December \'08 (the last was in 1993, next--if needed--in 2017.).
Pulitzer-Prize-winning (ha!) production of this amazing piece of theater
could help win Leonard's freedom, just as Hurricane Carter's movie did for
him. Leonard's 63rd birthday will be September 12; two weeks later I myself
will turn 72. I have a dream: walking at Leonard's side as he walks out of
prison a free man. If he's assassinated at that moment -- as some in e-mails
to me have hopefully suggested will happen -- I would be honored to take the
bullets for him. So would many tens of millions of other decent people
around this indecent planet we've created. May Creator watch over the two of
us -- and over the many many millions of us. Let decency reign. Free Leonard
Peltier!"
--Harvey Arden