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Off-Ramp

Autry's Native Voices Theater Series starts with "Tales of an Urban Indian"

"Tales of an Urban Indian" features Canadian playwright/actor Darrell Dennis.
"Tales of an Urban Indian" features Canadian playwright/actor Darrell Dennis.
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Joan Marcus
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Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John is sharing selections from the Off-Ramp vault to help you explore this imperfect paradise.

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Autry's Native Voices Theater Series starts with "Tales of an Urban Indian"
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The Autry National Center in Griffith Park opened its 10th season of its Native Voices theater series with
"Tales of an Urban Indian." It’s a one-man show about Simon Douglas, a young man who grows up on a reservation, moves to the big city, ends up on skid row, then pulls himself out.

Writer and performer Darrel Dennis says that it’s a story about redemption based on a familiar theme.