Mohona: Estuaries of Desire

World Premiere: september 20, 2013, O’SHAUGHNESSY AT ST. CATHERINE UNIVERSITY (ST. PAUL, MN).

TOURING: HISTORIC HOLMES THEATRE (DETROIT LAKES, MN).

Mohona, estuaries of desire, works through stories of women’s lives around access to water. The increasing privatization of bodies of water, originally a communally held resource has sparked crises of potable water for many communities around the world, and lead to increased violence against women, who are often the collectors of water for their families.

Running Time: 95 minutes, without intermission

Concept & Choreography

Ananya Chatterjea

stage direction

Marcus Young

set & costume design

Annie Katsura Rollins

costume/make-up/hair design

Rex Rajavairan

costume construction

Annie Cady

music composition & sound design

Greg Schutte (Composer)
Dr. Pooja Goswami Pavan (Voice & Percussion)
Allalaghata Pavan (Voice)
Michelle Kinney (Cello)
Hui, Claire & Lynn Wilcox (Poetry)
Dorene Day (Vocals)
Mankwe Ndosi (Percussion & Vocals)
Negest Alemayehu (Poetry)
Hoka Hey Drum Group

video documentation & production

Darren Johnson & Northern Dawn Media

Collaborator, performer

Mankwe Ndosi

performers

Renée Copeland
Ananya Chatterjea
Alexandra Eady
Katie Haynes
Orlando Hunter
Zainab Musa
Brittany Radke
Chitra Vairavan
Hui Niu Wilcox
Alessandra Lebea Williams
Tameka Colbert (apprentice)