How Much Do You Know About Alaska?

Theatre Development Fund – TDF: Gary Upay'aq Beaver was raised in a remote village in Alaska called Kasigluk, population 560. It's home to the Yup'ik tribe, indigenous to the region. And yet in that remote landscape, surrounded by tundra, Beaver grew up wanting to be on stage. Unfortunately, there is no theatre in Kasigluk. "We don't have good opportunities like other people do, like in New York," Beaver says. "In the village, you have to take care of your family, you go out hunting." So he left his home to pursue his dream, and this month he finally gets his wish as the star of Alaxsxa | Alaska, a documentary theatre piece about the state, which runs at La MaMa through October 29.