Winter Bear Project Fund

The Winter Bear is a play that tells the story of an abused, neglected Alaska Native teenager. He decides suicide’s his best option until Athabascan elder Sidney Huntington shows him how to use traditional culture to work through his despair and find his true voice.

With your help, we plan to tour this production all over Alaska, especially to Bush communities where the suicide rate of young Alaska Native males is almost four times the national average. Our goals are to broaden awareness about teen suicide; assist communities in finding their own solutions; and promote healing through the performing arts.

The Winter Bear was first produced by Matt Stevens in 2008 for Denakkanaaga with a grant from First Alaskans Institute and directed by Carey Seward.

Cyrano’s Theatre Company produced the world premiere of the play in 2010, Sandy Harper, Producer and Jayne Wenger, Director