Police say she died from a fentanyl overdose before she was reported missing. Tatyanna’s body was found in Richmond in May but was not identified by police in Vancouver - where a missing persons report had been filed - for months. 4 to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. The families spoke out Monday on the eve of Canada-wide Sisters in Spirit vigils Oct. calling for more police accountability and improved communication when investigating missing person cases across jurisdictions. Harrison is part of a group of family members of Indigenous women killed across B.C.
“I know in my heart she wouldn’t be OK with the injustice surrounding her passing.” She wasn’t afraid to use her voice to speak on it and this has always been the core of who she was,” Natasha Harrison said.
“It affected (Tatyanna) deeply to witness anything that was unfair or cruel. Her mother described Tatyanna, whose body was found in Vancouver earlier this year, as a courageous woman with the gift of gab and a deep love for learning. Tickets are $20, and are available online, or through the box office at Harrison’s 21st birthday would have been on Sept.Shows run Saturday at 7:30pm and Sunday at 2:30pm.In Spirit is playing until March 9 at the Aki Studio Theatre (585 Dundas St E.).Through love and empathy it reminds us of the missing women and the horrors that are still taking place in our county. It is a refreshing change to see a play tackle a societal defect without hate and guilt. It seems fitting that this play straddles International Womyns day. In Spirit is a very touching piece, not only for the content, but also because of how we were transported into to this little girl’s world. These tidbits of non verbal information made it feel like we were in the girl’s mind remembering with her, rather than being mere voyeurs. His design aided the stories that the little girl was telling us about, flashing an image of trees, or hearing the sound of a truck at precisely the right moment made the girl’s anecdotes come to life. Andy Moro created a design that was not intrusive yet both the sound and the projections played an integral part to the work. In Spirit has one of the best integration of projection and sound design that I have seen for a very long time. Juxtaposing a current news story with one from the 70s drives home the message of this work - these murders and abductions are still going on. By the end of the work we find out the era of this little girl’s story. The clip set the scenario for what was to come. The play opened with a news clip of Peter Mansbridge for the CBC discussing Harper’s cold to non-committal remarks regarding an inquiry into the over 800 missing or murdered Aboriginal women. Beagan’s writing is approachable and inviting allowing the audience to fully take in the implications of the work. The girl is empathetically played by Sera-Lys McArthur, whose mannerisms capture that of so many children trying to be so hard to be grown up. At times I could hear my young nieces saying some of that to me. The dialogue is wonderfully written, crafted, and acted. About puppies, being nice to people, and going to school. Being very grown up and mature, the girl relates stories to us about when she was little. It follows her journey rediscovering the events of her death. This work is told from the perspective of a 13 year old little girl. What would it be like to die? Or be murdered? These are pretty morbid questions, but they must have been asked at some point during the creation of In Spirit. The team for In Spirit reads like the who’s who of top Canadian artists.
Written and Directed by Tara Beagan, former Artistic Director of NEPA, it is no wonder that In Spirit has such a great production quality. This particular work is also part of NEPA’s 2013/ 2014 season. In Spirit is part of this year’s Rutas Panamericanas |Panamerican Routes presented by Aluna Theatre in association with Native Earth Performing Arts at the Aki Studio Theatre. In Spirit explores death through a little girl’s eyes at Toronto’s Aki Studio Theatre
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