The story follows attorney Darrell Walters, a mixed-race Native American who, as a child, was taken from the reservation by his white mother and raised in . Upon her death, he returns to the tribe to seek reconciliation with his father. Book is by mother/son duo Lynne Taylor-Corbett and Shaun Taylor-Corbett; music and lyrics by Chris Wiseman and Shaun Taylor-Corbett.
With this project, Shaun Taylor-Corbett explores his paternal Blackfeet heritage. This is his foray into writing for musical theatre after performing in , Altar Boyz and the national tour of .
The next step along the way in the musical's development is a recording of songs from the show featuring Grammy winner Joseph Firecrow, Seminole recording artist Spencer Battiest, (), (In The Heights), (), (, ), (), Matt Gumley, Shayna Jackson (TV's "The Hub"), Christine LaDuca, April Ortiz ("Father of the Bride"), Marisa Quinn ("Twilight," "Longmire") and Shaun Taylor-Corbett.
Listen to a sample of the show's finale.
The story has also been adapted as a screenplay, which is currently in the second round of competition at Sundance. In July, the Taylor-Corbetts shot a mini documentary in support of the screenplay. Watch it below.
