{"id":5883,"date":"2020-12-15T09:00:13","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T20:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dfmamea.com\/blog\/?p=5883"},"modified":"2020-12-22T19:25:05","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T06:25:05","slug":"we-are-many-a-clinic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dfmamea.com\/blog\/we-are-many-a-clinic\/","title":{"rendered":"WE ARE MANY: a clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playmarket.org.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Playmarket<\/a> provided a one-day clinic for <em>We Are Many<\/em>, a newish play inspired by the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mau_movement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Womens Mau Movement<\/a> who continued passive resistance against the New Zealand occupation in 1930s Samoa.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 879px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nzhistory.govt.nz\/files\/styles\/fullsize\/public\/images\/womens-mau-leaders.jpg?resize=525%2C409&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"525\" height=\"409\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leaders of the Womens Mau, circa 1930. www.nzhistory.govt.nz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The clinic was followed by a public reading where tears were shed \u2014 a good thing for a writer seeking audience emotional engagement, even at &#8216;just&#8217; a reading \u2014 and feedback was gratefully received.<\/p>\n<p>Many hugs and thanks to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nz.linkedin.com\/in\/salesileota\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salesi Le&#8217;ota<\/a> for organising the clinic and herding us cats;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ken_Duncum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ken Duncum<\/a> for being the dramaturg and providing the (figurative) skirts for me to hide behind if\/when necessary;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.playmarket.org.nz\/playwrights\/anya-tate-manning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anya Tate-Manning<\/a> for directing and questioning and guiding;<\/li>\n<li>and <a href=\"https:\/\/johnsonlaird.com\/our-actors\/Lahleina-Feaunati\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lahleina Feaunati<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gcm.co.nz\/artists\/moana-leota\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moana Leota<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nz.linkedin.com\/in\/tupe-lualua-a8314066\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tupe Lualua<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aucklandactors.co.nz\/actors\/details\/cassandra-sutherland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cassandra Sutherland<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/nz.linkedin.com\/in\/manuel-solomon-77207170\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manny Solomon<\/a> for digging into their roles and giving voice to their characters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend, Playmarket provided a one-day clinic for We Are Many, a newish play inspired by the Womens Mau Movement who continued passive resistance against the New Zealand occupation in 1930s Samoa. 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