The much anticipated Cry You One theater and arts residency gets rolling next week when Sandglass Theater and Vermont Performance Lab present The Jumbo Gumbo Combo at Next Stage Arts Project in Putney. The evening begins with a Louisiana gumbo supper, prepared by Sandglass's Board of Directors, under the tutelage of Scott Ainslie, local blues master and bayou cook! "The recipe is Scott's own, learned first hand from master gumbo cooks in Louisiana. Scott is taking us step by step through the fixing, right from making the roux. It's authentic, and made without okra" says Eric Bass, Co-Artistic Director of Sandglass Theater. Scott adds, "It's a chicken gumbo and there will be one pot of gluten-free vegetarian gumbo, available, as well. And gumbo has African (the okra from which gumbo gets its name is an African import), French (the roux technique), Spanish (the chiles) & Native American (the filé - sassafras thickener) influences...a perfect bowl to serve at a Cry You One event!" Musicians from the visiting companies, Mondo Bizarro and ArtSpot Productions, will accompany this supper with live Cajun music!
My Louisiana Love, is a documentary that follows a young Native American woman, Monique Verdin, as she returns to Southeast Louisiana to reunite with her Houma Indian family. She soon sees that her people's traditional way of life - fishing, trapping, and hunting these fragile wetlands - is threatened by a cycle of man-made environmental crises. As Louisiana is devastated by Hurricane Katrina and Rita and then the B.P. oil leak, Monique finds herself turning to environmental activism. She documents her family’s struggle to stay close to the land despite the cycle of disasters and the rapidly disappearing coastline. The film looks at the complex and uneven relationship between the oil industry and the indigenous community of the Mississippi Delta.

Jan 22, 2025, 7 to 8 PM

Jan 25, 2025, 3 to 5 PM

Jan 29, 2025, 4 to 6 PM