Produced in partnership with Oklahoma Contemporary
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Performances
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Thursday, November 16 - 7pm*
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Saturday, November 18 - 8pm
*Ticket to this performance includes access to Opening Night party!
Location
Te Ata Theater
Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center
11 NW 11th St. | Oklahoma City, OK 73103
NOVEMBER 16-18, 2023
Starring Anthony Hudson – the human vessel for Portland’s premiere drag clown Carla Rossi – LOOKING FOR TIGER LILY uses song, dance, drag, and video to put a queer spin on the ancestral tradition of storytelling.
Asking what it means for a queer mixed Native person to experience their heritage through white normative culture as they recount growing up watching the 1960 production of “Peter Pan” featuring Sondra Lee’s blonde, blue-eyed “Indian Princess” Tiger Lily.
Anthony (and Carla) draw from a songbook stretching across Disney’s “Pocahontas” to Cher’s “Half-Breed.” Not just autobiography, LOOKING FOR TIGER LILY is a coming-of-age story that’s more than cowboys versus Indians.
Press
Brett Campbell, Oregon Arts Watch:
"Touching on Disney’s Peter Pan, mid-century cigar-box Indian depictions, the absurdity of racial classification, and poignant family memories, Looking for Tiger Lily promises to be one of those rare identity-oriented shows that might actually appeal to audiences much broader than those directly implicated."
About The Artist
ANTHONY HUDSON (Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Siletz) is an artist and writer also known as Portland's premier drag clown CARLA ROSSI. Anthony's performance work, from his award-winning solo show Looking for Tiger Lily to Queer Horror, the only LGBTQ horror film and performance series in the country, have earned him national fellowships, international engagements, and sainthood from the Portland Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. A 2023 FSG Writer’s Fellowship finalist, Anthony’s writing has appeared in American Theatre and Arts and International Affairs, and he is currently adapting Looking for Tiger Lily into a book. Find out more at TheCarlaRossi.com.
