Skylight Theatre 1816 1/2 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles

Opened Friday 1st November 2019
Closed Sunday 24th November 2019

Written by Wesley Enoch & Deborah Mailman
Directed by Jason Klarwein
Starring Chenoa Deemal, First Nations Guugu Yimithirr woman of Hope Vale, Queensland, Australia
Produced by Nate Jones, Josh Thorburn & Gary Grossman
Co-Producer Sam Cook
Associate Producer Sophina Brown
Lighting Designer Dan Anderson
Sound & Audiovisual Designer Justin Harrison
Costume Designer Melody Cooper
Costume Fabric Designer Dora Deemal
Production Stage Manager Chris Goeldner
Assistant Stage Manager Garrett Crouch
Poster photography Elverina Johnson, First Nations Gungganji woman of Yarrabah, Queensland, Australia
Poster model Joan Fourmile, First Nations Idinji/Gungganji child of Yarrabah, Queensland, Australia
Production stills Justin Harrison
Publicist Judith Borne

Poignant storytelling that is politically relevant, culturally profound, funny and devastatingly true. The 7 Stages of Grieving covers universal themes such as racism, discrimination, equality, respect, recognition, oppression, segregation and unequal government policy. In holding a mirror up to America by sharing Australia’s Aboriginal people’s fight for survival, The 7 Stages of Grieving opens a dialogue about the issues which can both separate, and ultimately unite us. This will mark the first time an Indigenous Australian production has played in Los Angeles.

United Stages acknowledges the Elders past and present of the Guugu Yimithirr Nation of the Cape York region of Queensland, the home of Thitharr Warra actor Chenoa Deemal. We extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people whose stories we share.

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