Darla Contois is a Cree-Salteaux performer and playwright from Misipawistik Cree Nation in Manitoba. She graduated from the Centre for Indigenous Theatre's professional training program in 2014, attended David Smukler's National Voice Intensive and premiered her solo show White Man's Indian at Summerworks 2017 in Toronto where she was awarded the Emerging Artist Award. Her most recent work, The War Being Waged was produced by Winnipeg's Prairie Theatre Exchange as part of their 2021-22 season, and has been acknowledged by Toronto critic Lynn Slotkin with a Tootsie award. Darla lives in Winnipeg.
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Little Bird (2023)
Starring as Bezhig Little Bird / Esther Rosenblum
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: Bineshe Kwe (Jun 30, 2023)
- Episode 1x05: I Want My Mom (Jun 23, 2023)
- Episode 1x04: Burning Down the House (Jun 16, 2023)
- Episode 1x03: The Land that Takes You (Jun 9, 2023)
- Episode 1x02: So Put Together (Jun 2, 2023)
- Episode 1x01: Love Is All Around (May 26, 2023)