Shaking up the system: 20 questions with St. John’s Mi’kmaq playwright who won national award for pushing boundaries – Saltwire

Coming off successful N.L. tour of Nsituninal: Our Voices, Leahdawn Helena recently won the John Palmer Award from the Playwrights Guild of Canada

Even in the arts, innovation, change and the rejection of conventions can receive pushback.

Pushing the boundaries of artistic norms isn’t always welcomed with open arms.

For playwright, actor, director and dramaturge Leahdawn Helena, pushing those boundaries is just who they are.

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