March 28, 2023, 6:00 PM
In Person: VUB 124, WSU Vancouver
YouTube Link: https://youtube.com/live/x31XhU8HWbc
Sarah Hennessey is Nimíipuu ‘Nez Perce’ poet, performer, playwright, multimedia fiber artist and youth empowerment theater practitioner. Her work highlights the symbiosis of storytelling and language reclamation. Her work embodies language revitalization as “Targeted Revitalization through Creativity.” By integrating her penchant for literature and performance into her educational outreach, Hennesey infuses her instruction with interdisciplinary pedagogy and both traditional and contemporary storytelling techniques. Hennessey has been published in literary journals such as Yellow Medicine Review, Paper Dragon, and Pork Belly Press. Her first short play Weet’u Naqaacnim ‘iceyeeye’ ‘Not My Grandmother’s Coyote’ was featured in Lewis-Clark State College’s Humanifest in Spring of 2021. Hennessey is a Fishtrap Fellow this Spring 2023.
1-CREDIT 5-MINUTE PLAY WRITING WORKSHOP
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29TH | 5:45–8:30 P.M. | Vancouver Undergraduate Building 124
To enroll, please email Leisa McCormick in the English Department: lmccormick@wsu.edu.