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Temple University Professor Adam DePaul, Doctoral Candidate in Cultural and Mythical Studies, will share past and present insights into the significance of the Lenape Nation during this free program. DePaul is focused on raising awareness of Lenape culture and correcting a lot of the misinformation that is often taught about Lenape history.” DePaul has stated, “I have always had a personal passion to tell stories. I thoroughly enjoyed this role because it embraces both my academic life and cultural life.”  Pre-registration requested at:  friendsofdoylestownlibrary@gmail.com

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In recent years many theater companies have made a point of introducing performances with land acknowledgements, thanking the Native peoples whose ancestral lands the theater occupies — lands that were generally taken from them by force.

In the case of “Manahatta” at Berkeley’s Aurora Theatre Company, the whole play serves as a land acknowledgement of sorts.

Mary Kathryn Nagle’s drama jumps back and forth between Wall Street in the early 2000s and the same land in the 1600s when it was known as Manahatta, the home of the Lenape people.

“Manahatta” premiered at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2018 and played New York’s Public Theater (in Manahatta itself) last November. Also a lawyer and citizen of the Cherokee Nation, Nagle had the West Coast premiere of her play “Sovereignty” at Marin Theatre Company in 2019.

The play follows Jane Snake, a young Lenape woman who grew up in Oklahoma after many generations of displacement, as she rises through the ranks at a major Wall Street investment bank in the years leading up to the 2008 financial crisis.

As played by Livia Gomes Demarchi, Jane radiates confident professionalism mixed with workaholic deference to the unreasonable expectations heaped on her by her bosses, Max Forman-Mullin as brusque, demanding young department head Joe and Anthony Fusco as smoothly callous CEO Dick. They appreciate Jane in direct proportion to how much money she makes them, and if she falls short they have no use for her.

Back in Oklahoma, Jane’s mother is struggling financially and falling prey to the same kind of predatory lending that Jane’s company is profiting from. Portrayed with placid stoicism by Linda Amayo-Hassan, mother Bobbie is too proud to ask for advice or even let her family know what’s going on. As older sister Debra, Oogie Push is resentful of…

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“Manahatta,” at Aurora Theatre Co. in Berkeley, takes on a big subject: the violent subjugation of the Lenape people in what is now Manhattan by Dutch settlers in the 17th century and the ensuing development, and fall, of Wall Street.

Livia Gomes Demarchi and Anthony Fusco play dual roles in Aurora Theatre Co.’s production of Mary Kathryn Nagle’s “Manahatta.” (Courtesy Kevin Berne/Aurora Theatre Co.)

Mary Kathryn Nagle’s powerful one-act play focuses on a 21st century family of Lenape descendants living in Oklahoma. While daughter Jane Snake, a graduate of Stanford and MIT, has landed a job with Lehman Brothers on Wall Street, the family back home is about to lose their home to foreclosure.

The production moves between the contemporary family drama as Wall Street collapses in 2008, and 17th century Manahatta, with the actors appearing in both time frames. 

The leader of the Dutch faction (Anthony Fusco) tricks Lenape leader (Linda Amayo-Hassan) into virtually giving away Manahatta. Fusco also portrays Jane’s vicious Wall Street boss and Amayo-Hassan takes the role of Jane’s mother with deft humor.

Livia Gomes Demarchi as Jane, the daughter working on Wall Street as it begins to fail  
(a comparison with the 17th century tulip bubble in Holland when speculation drove flower bulbs’ prices to extremes can be made), carries the story line forward powerfully. 

Jane’s modern friend Luke is excellently portrayed by Ixtlán (an actor with a Native Plains Nations and Mexican Indigenous background). He also plays a pivotal role in the 17th century, as the lover of Jane’s alter ego, and a soulful go-between, interpreting for the Dutch traders and shadowing their cruelties.

Elsewhere in the cast, Max Forman-Mullin is heartless as a trader during both time periods, Victor Talmadge plays a kindlier banker and clergyman.

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The Lenape Indians had already won 12 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 16 points), and they went ahead and made it 13 on Wednesday. They claimed a resounding 61-29 win over Holy Cross at home. Lenape has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight contests by 20 points or more this season.

Several Lancers players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Luke Mcginnis, who scored ten points. Emmanuel Doku was another key contributor, scoring 11 points along with five rebounds.

Lenape pushed their record up to 22-4 with that victory, which was their 11th straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.4 points per game. As for Holy Cross, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-13.

Lenape didn’t take long to hit the court again: they’ve already played their next contest, a 41-38 win vs. Rancocas Valley on the 16th. Holy Cross has also already played their next matchup, a 44-31 victory against Westampton Tech on the 15th.

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