Ashley Johnson-Barr, who would have turned 15 on Sunday, was an Alaska Native girl in Kotzebue who was abducted and found dead in 2018.
Ashley’s family was able to come to Sunday’s performance, which was dedicated specifically to their late daughter.
Emotions ran high as Scotty spoke to the “Missing” audience, tears in his eyes as he remembered his daughter and the last five years without her.Anchorage Opera’s production of “Missing” is just one way to raise awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous people in Alaska, said Music Director and Conductor Timothy Long.
Those involved say it was important to the Anchorage Opera for this production of the American premiere of “Missing” to be Indigenous-led and cast. The conductor, stage director, and all of the Indigenous characters are Indigenous people. “I want people to know that we’re as human as they are,” Long said. “I want people to see their daughters, their nieces, their mothers, every female in their families, and to associate this with them. We so often go ignored and authorities don’t help all the time, but we need allies, and when you hear this music and you see these actors on stage, it’s impossible to not feel for them.”tragedy, “Missing” is also meant to help the community heal.
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