Firefly the Hybrid
Sun, Jan 10
|Camden Opera House
A multi-talented artist and dramatic performer known as Firefly, Jason Brown is a member of the Penobscot Indian Nation, one of five traditionally-allied Wabanaki tribal nations in the Atlantic Northeast. He grew up on Panawamskek (Indian Island), a village in the Penobscot River.
Time & Location
Jan 10, 2027, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St, Camden, ME 04843, USA
About the Event
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A multi-talented artist and dramatic performer known as Firefly, Jason Brown is a member of the Penobscot Indian Nation, one of five traditionally-allied Wabanaki tribal nations in the Atlantic Northeast. He grew up on Panawamskek (Indian Island), a village in the Penobscot River, which runs through his ancestral homeland in central Maine.
A grandson of an elected tribal chief who successfully guided his nation in a major native rights struggle, Jason is an innovative artist who creatively draws on his Wabanaki cultural heritage. With live performance, Firefly is helping to situate Indigenous people in a modern context. As a traditional music keeper of the Wabanaki communities, he has performed for many years throughout Maine and much of the country.
In 2020, Firefly took his creative performances to a sublime level through cutting-edge technology such as projection mapping and videography. This new turn in his stagecraft…