Description

The plot follows the pattern of the journey motif. Seven women on the “Rez” share anger, laughter, hardship, and gossip when they decide to go to Toronto for the world’s biggest bingo game. During the trip, one woman dies of cancer, and another wins $600, which she uses to install a new toilet in her home.

The Rez Sisters is a two-act play by Canadian writer Tomson Highway, first performed on November 26, 1986, by Act IV Theatre Company and Native Earth Performing Arts. The Rez Sisters is partially inspired by Michel Tremblay’s play Les Belles-soeurs.