Photo by Julius Schlosburg
Shooting Columbus (2017) What if Settlers Never Arrived?
A multi-year collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists, with interviews with Native community members in the Southwest region. An ensemble weaves together theater, movement, soundscapes and video projection to re-imagine how life today would be different if Indigenous scientists built a time machine and assassinated Columbus upon his arrival.
Project created by the Fifth World Collective:
Adam Cooper-Teran (Yaqui, Chicano)
T Loving (Black, Cherokee)
Ryan Pinto (Hopi, Omaha, Dine, Northern Ute)
Rachel Bowditch (European American)
Denise Uyehara (Okinawan, Japanese American)
McGann videography
Photo by Julius Schlosburg
Video by Andrew Brown, AZPM
Performance ensemble:
Matthew Saraficio
Julianna Grantham
Gertie Lopez
Brett Boyce
Tessai Velasquez-Thurman
Sarah Haro
Lighting, Greg Houston
Sound and media, Adam Cooper-Terán
Set design, Genevieve Heron
Stage Management, Andy Gonzalez
Supported by the MAP Fund, NET/TEN, NEA Challenge Fund
The research phase, Indigenous Cycles, was supported by the Arizona Commission on the Arts and Herberger Institute of the Arts, Arizona State University.
Premiered at Borderlands Theater, La Pilita Cultural Center, Tucson.