William S. Yellow Robe, Jr.
| William S. Yellow Robe, Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Born |
William S. Yellow Robe, Jr. February 4, 1950 Poplar, Montana |
| Occupation | Actor, author, director, educator, playwright, poet[1] |
| Nationality | Assiniboine |
| Genre | Native American literature |
| Notable works | Grandchildren of the Buffalo Soldiers: And Other Untold Stories, Where the Pavement Ends |
| Notable awards | First Nations Book Award for Drama |
William S. Yellow Robe, Jr. (born February 4, 1950) is an Assiniboine actor, author, director, educator, playwright, and poet.[1]
Life and career
A member of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Yellow Robe was raised by his mother on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Montana.[2] He studied writing and performing arts at the University of Montana.[3]
Yellow Robe's works have been performed in venues across the United States, including the Penumbra Theatre Company in St. Paul;[4] the Public Theater in New York;[5] the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, RI;[6] and the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.[7] He is a member of Penumbra, as well as the Ensemble Studio Theater,[8] Amerinda, Inc.,[1] and the advisory board for Red Eagle Soaring Theater Company for Native youth.[9]
Yellow Robe has also taught at the Institute of American Indian Arts, Brown University,[10] and the University of Maine.[11]
Awards
- Princess Grace Foundation Theater Fellowship (1989)
- The Playwrights' Center Jerome Fellowship
- Native Writers' Circle of the Americas First Nations Book Award for Prose (1992)
- New England Theater Conference Special Award winner (2004)[12]
Bibliography
- Where the Pavement Ends: Five Native American Plays. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. 2003. ISBN 0806132655.
- Grandchildren of the Buffalo Soldiers and Other Untold Stories. UCLA American Indian Studies Center. 2009. ISBN 093562659X.
Notes
- 1 2 3 "William S. Yellow Robe, Jr.". Amerinda.org. Amerinda. Retrieved 2015-03-24.
- ↑ Uno, Roberta; Robe, William Yellow (Fall 1989). "Interview: William Yellow Robe". MELUS. 16 (3): 83. doi:10.2307/467568.
- ↑ Pulitano, Elvira (Spring 1998). "Telling Stories through the Stage: A Conversation with William Yellow Robe". Studies in American Indian Literatures. 10 (1): 19.
- ↑ "Grandchildren of the Buffalo Soldiers". Penumbra. Penumbra Theatre. Retrieved 2015-03-24.
- ↑ Hetrick, Adam (August 3, 2011). "William S. YellowRobe, Jr.'s Thieves Arrives at the Public". Playbill. Playbill. Retrieved 2015-03-24.
- ↑ "Past Seasons". Trinity Repertory Company. Trinity Repertory Company. Archived from the original on 2012-02-28. Retrieved 2013-03-19.
- ↑ "National Museum of the American Indian Presents Production of Grandchildren of the Buffalo Soldiers". Newsdesk. Smithsonian. Retrieved 2015-03-24.
- ↑ Geiogamah, Hanay. "Interview with William S. Yellow Robe Jr. (2007)". Hemispheric Institute Digital Video Library. Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics. Retrieved 2015-03-24.
- ↑ "Acclaimed playwright William S. Yellow Robe, Jr. to read works at Hangin' Art Gallery". Char-Koosta News. November 8, 2012. Retrieved 2015-03-24.
- ↑ McElwain, Diana (April 21, 2003). "William Yellow Robe: No One's Stray Dog". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 2015-03-24.
- ↑ "Faculty — William Yellow Robe". Department of English. University of Maine. Retrieved 2015-03-24.
- ↑ Watts, Jeff (Fall 2004). "Countdown to Convention 2004" (PDF). NETC News (PDF). 13 (4). Retrieved 2015-03-24.
Further reading
- Krasner, David (2009). "Coming-of-Age on the Rez: William S. Yellow Robe's The Independence of Eddie Rose as Native American Bildungsdrama". In Wilmer, S. E. Native American Performance and Representation. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. pp. 171–181. ISBN 978-0816526468.
- Rooks, David (2005). "The Real Thing: Identity and cultural authenticity are dramatic fodder for William S. Yellow Robe Jr. An interview". American Theater. Theatre Communications Group. Retrieved 2015-03-24.
- Stoudt, Charlotte (2004). "Border Crossings: Theatre, Tribalism and Twenty-First-Century America. Luis Valdez at San Diego Repertory Theatre and William Yellow Robe, Jr., at Trinity Repertory Company". In Stoudt, Charlotte. Stages of Transformation: Collaborations of the National Theatre Artist Residency Program. New York: Theatre Communications Group. pp. 56–67. ISBN 978-1559362771.
- Weagel, Deborah Fillerup (2011). "The Quilt as (Non-)Commodity in William S. Yellow Robe Jr.'s The Star Quilter". Western American Literature. 46 (1): 46–64.
- Weinert-Kendt, Rob. "In the Trenches: William Yellow Robe". tgc circle. Theater Communications Group. Retrieved 2015-03-24.