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03251aam a2200385 i 4500 001 453AB0CEB50611EEB233F11920ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240117010048 008 230120t20232023abca 000 d eng 020 $a 1774390825 020 $a 9781774390825 035 $a (OCoLC)1362872162 040 $a NLC $b eng $e rda $c NLC $d NLC $d YDX $d NLC $d CNWPU $d NLC $d YDX $d OCLCO $d NLC $d IaU $d SILO 042 $a lac 050 4 $a PR9199.3.M3876 $b M38 2023 055 00 $a PS8576.A7973 $b M37 2023 082 04 $a 812/.54 $q CaOONL $2 23/eng/20231030 084 $a cci1icc $2 lacc 100 1 $a Massing, Conni L. $q (Conni Louise), $d 1958- $e author. 245 10 $a Matara : $b the elephant play / $c Conni Massing. 264 1 $a Edmonton, Alberta : $b NeWest Press, $c [2023] 300 $a 119 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 22 cm 490 1 $a Prairie play series ; $v no. 34 500 $a Includes an essay by the author, My zoo story following the main text. 520 $a "At a crumbling zoo, an elephant keeper, a security guard, and a newly hired media consultant have differing views over what should be done about the zoo's main attraction, to children, donors, and protestors alike, the aging Sri Lankan elephant Matara. Matara, having recently lost her companion elephant Cheerio, is deteriorating by the day. A petition is being signed to try to force the zoo to move Matara to an elephant sanctuary, but Karen, Matara's keeper, argues adamantly that the zoo is Matara's home and her family, and that she is not strong enough to travel. Karen's entire life has been shaped by her connection to these wild animals and mourns the possible loss of the urban humans ability to connect with animals such as this. Romney, the enthusiastic but increasingly stressed media consultant, is more concerned about donations and galas for the zoo than the life of the elephant. Marcel, an international graduate student struggling in the last stages of his thesis and working at the zoo as a security guard to pay for school, understands the perspective of the protestors even as he seeks to protect the zoo employees from their more volatile protests. Weaving between the three perspectives of public relations, zoo's as spaces of learning and wonder, and the question of whether or not zoos should exist at all, Conni Massing's latest play takes inspiration from the real life circumstances that surround Lucy, the lone elephant at the Edmonton Valley Zoo, sparking debate and protest locally as well as nationally and internationally. Matara asks poignant questions about our relationships with animals and the power dynamics and instability that surround them."-- $c Provided by publisher. 530 $a Issued also in electronic format. 650 0 $a Human-animal relationships. 650 0 $a Zoos. 655 7 $a Drama. $2 lcgft 700 1 $i Container of (work) $a Massing, Conni L. $q (Conni Louise), $d 1958- $t My zoo story. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Massing, Conni L. (Conni Louise), 1958- $t Matara $d Edmonton, Alberta : NeWest Press, 2023 $z 9781774390832 $z 9781774390832 $w (OCoLC)1362871565 830 0 $a Prairie play series ; $v 34. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240117012858.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=453AB0CEB50611EEB233F11920ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search