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In a moment of exhaustion and exasperation, Maggie, the main character in Marcie R. Rendon’s “Sweet Revenge,” cries out to her mother: “I’m so tired of your rage controlling me.”
The line is a rebuke to Granny Josephine (played by Oogie Push) and a plea for freedom. Maggie knows firsthand what happens when trauma passes from mother to daughter. She could use a break.
Rendon speaks directly to the history of American Indian boarding schools, designed to strip Native children of their language and culture, in a whip-smart mystery about a tight-knit urban Native community. Her work stands alongside two other performances that confronted deep-seated institutional force last weekend: Moriah Evans’ one-weekend piece at the Walker Art Center, titled “}[…/+*^%<>€£¥$&@!!!!^^^]{,” and Ananya Dance Theatre’s “Prem,” which, like “Sweet Revenge,” cont...
