What happens when two differently gendered playwrights from distinct cultures investigate racism misogyny and miscegenation in a small 1960s mill town Talkers Town by Nelson Gray and The Girl Who Swam Forever by Marie Clements are two oneact plays that portray identical characters and action but from entirely different perspectives in terms of gender and culture. The action in both involves an indigenous girl who escapes from a residential school and hides out by the river. In Talkers Town the