You used to call me Marie...

An Epic Métis Love Story

By Tai Amy Grauman

Touring 2025 - Metro Vancouver & Fraser Valley

The Savage Society and NAC Indigenous Theatre production of You Used to Call Me Marie returns to Vancouver to The Arts Club Olympic Village Stage, at the BMO Theatre Centre, running from September 25 to October 12, 2025, followed by a Metro Vancouver & Fraser Valley Tour.

Marie at the Arts Club

A love story, a historical epic and a celebration of Métis song and dance ‘You used to call me Marie…’ paints the stories of the Callihoo women in Alberta. Music plays, and ponies dance as the story of Marie Callihoo unfurls through generations and time. We follow Iskwewo, Napew, and Mistatim (‘horse’ in Michif) in eight intertwined stories of love and resilience as the Métis nation emerges across the plains. As we experience the love stories of Alberta’s Metis women, through stories of the fur trade, governance and organizing in the 1930s and into the present day, we witness generations of Callihoo women unfold.

Don’t miss this beautiful new play, featuring era-spanning dance and live music, from French fiddle to contemporary country!

Tai Amy Grauman

PLAYWRIGHT

Tai Amy Grauman (MFA) is Métis from Ardrossan, Alberta. She is a Callihoo and Beauregard from St. Paul des Métis, from her paternal lineage, and a Turner from Cutknife, Saskatchewan, from her maternal lineage. Tai is a writer, actor, director and producer. She has been involved in over 20 theatre productions across the country as an actor. As a writer, her play ‘You used to call me Marie…’ has toured Métis communities across Alberta and Saskatchewan while also premiering at the Cultch and the National Arts Centre in 2024. Her play for young audiences, ‘Where have all the buffalo gone?’ is in its second year of touring Canada. Tai’s most recent play, ‘Rose and James: A Metis Scottish love story’, was recently presented at Métis Crossing and will travel to Scotland in February 2026.