Contemporary | Drama
By Michael London

4F | Ages 33, 43, 45 & 69
2M | Ages 33, & 9

Act 1 | 45 mins
Intermission
Act 2 | 45 mins

Set in an isolated waiting room at Kettering Hospital in Dayton, Ohio, Waiting for Ella is the story of these four Native American friends that find a way to come together after the leader of their new acapella singing group, Tohtónha, has a health crisis and may no longer be the visionary that keeps them together. Their crisis and fear mirrors some of the same questions facing many people as they ask what it means to be a part of a community, what it means to be seen, what does it take to survive with an identity intact?

We hear the joy and humor of their souls in their singing both native and non-native songs. They turn the world upside down and a little sideways, singing standards like Amazing Grace, Sweet Georgia Brown and Puttin’ on the Ritz in native languages.