"A Native Lad: Transforming Alaska History into a Play and Graphic Novel" - Sarah Hurst

Sarah's play about Alaska history is primarily for use in schools, and she hired a team of Alaskan artists to turn it into a graphic novel. She could do this with two grants from the Alaska Humanities Forum as part of the 50th anniversary of statehood celebrations. The play and graphic novel are titled A Native Lad and consist of 17 short scenes from different eras going from the Alaska Purchase through to statehood, the discovery of oil at Prudhoe Bay, the struggle for ANCSA and the rise to megastardom of the worlds most famous Alaskan. The story is narrated by Benny Benson, who is showing the events to a modern-day high school student called Abigail, who is wondering where her PFD check comes from. The first performance of the play is scheduled to take place at Tatitlek Community School on January 29. Nine artists have been working on the graphic novel and the presentation slides will show off some of their fantastic artwork.

More info: http://igniteanchorage.com/2009/12/11/sarah-hurst/

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