

Bert Vanderveen Photography
Credits
CREATOR AND PERFORMER
DeLanna Studi
DIRECTOR
Corey Madden
SCENIC DESIGNER
John Coyne
COSTUME DESIGNER
Andja Budinich
PROJECTS AND LIGHTING DESIGNER
Norman Coates
SOUND AND ORIGINAL MUSIC
Bruno Louchouarn with John-John Grant & Sarah Elizabeth Burkey
TOUR PRODUCTION MANAGER
Russell Snelling
ASSOCIATE SOUND DESIGN
Randi Byrd, Cultural Consultant
Aimee Lynn Phillips
DRAMATURG
Shirley Fishman
Sanchez's solo performance work "In The Court of The Conqueror" is the second installment of the “Performing the Constitution” series. The performance revolves around the 200 year-old history of Supreme Court rulings that have diminished the Tribal Sovereignty of Native Nations in the U.S. Part historical, part autobiographical, the piece also interlaces his experiences of growing up in an Ecuadorian immigrant household navigating generational trauma and indigenous identity. "In The Court of The Conqueror" integrates, and addresses, a number of landmark Supreme Court cases that will provide an historical context for the current governmental relationship between the three sovereign entities of this republic. The work also melds together a personal narrative into the larger cultural landscape that includes the artistry and scholarship of Indigenous legal scholars, artists and activists. “Performing the Constitution” is Sanchez’s intention to create performance narratives that point to, and highlight, the critical importance of acknowledging how the creation and practice of Law demonstrates how Indigenous cultures and communities of color live and exist in this country. It also demonstrates how law and government have an historical and legal framework that contains an inconsistent and contradictory lineage. Ultimately, Sanchez’s work serves as an artistic outlet to echo and affirm how it is the Voice and Experience of Indigenous people and communities of color that have the greatest impact on the conception of who we are as a nation.