Issue 3 • Fall 2002 • Featured Writer • Drama

Horse Latitudes

Nicola Harwood

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Acknowledgements

The playwright would like to acknowledge the contributions of First Nations women and men who shared their stories and insights with me, including Phyllis and Andy Chelsea, Helen Sandy, Kristy Palmentier, and Marie Clements.

The playwright would also like to acknowledge the Alchemy Program for Emerging Playwrights at the Jon Sims Center for the Arts in San Francisco and the Playwrights Theatre Center, Vancouver, BC for their valuable contributions to the development of this play.

The character of Alice Campbell is inspired by Agnes Deans Cameron, first white woman to travel the length of the McKenzie River and first woman principal of British Columbia. I have, however, taken liberties with the story of her life, and so Alice Campbell, although inspired by an actual woman, is indeed a fictional character.

Finally, I would like to thank friends, mentors, and fellow artists; Tracy Ward, Brian Thorstenson, Toni Mirosevich, Roy Conboy, and Sue Ondre for contributing generously of their time and expertise in the growth and development of this play.

Horse Latitudes is dedicated to my stepfather, Dave Jones, who worked to put white and brown people to work and believed in racial equality long before it was popular. It is also for Phyllis Chelsea of Alkali Lake Band whose determination and vision has led so many people out of chaos and into clarity. Peace.

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Nicola Harwood is a writer and educator whose work has been produced and published in Canada and the United States. Horse Latitudes was first produced in workshop through the Alchemy Program at Jon Sims Center for the Arts in San Francisco and was directed by Tracy Ward.

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