Tomson Highway
Cree playwright, novelist and composer from northern Manitoba, celebrated for landmark works in Indigenous theatre including Dry Lips Ought to Move to Kapuskasing and the Res Cycle.
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Mar 23, 2026 • 24min
Tomson Highway and Patricia Cano on their decades-long creative partnership
Tomson Highway, Cree playwright, novelist and composer from northern Manitoba, and Patricia Cano, singer-actor who first played Emily Dictionary at U of T, reflect on a 30-year creative partnership. They talk about Rose finally receiving a professional staging. They discuss climate urgency motivating the timing, how music helped Patricia learn Cree, and the evolving, family-like bond between them.
