Theatres are stepping up for a national series of play readings by Indigenous writers, set for May 5, 2026, National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives.
In the series’ final installment, Cornerstone tours Larissa FastHorse’s play through the D/N/Lakota nations, with quietly, joyously transformative results—and learns to say goodbye.
Her ‘Thanskgiving Play’ is the first play by a Native woman playwright on Broadway, but you can leave your virtue-signaling and tragedy-porn expectations at the door.
With her satire of performative wokeness, the Native American writer strives to subtly rewire audiences’ default responses.
Our nation’s Native history is all around us, if we would only pay attention. One place to look: at a rising generation of Native theatremakers.
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