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Wednesday, February 01, 2023
Larissa FastHorse Is Broadway's First Native American Female Playwright (That We Know Of)
Playbill: Larissa FastHorse lives her life among “well-meaning white people.” You’ve met them. Heck, most of us probably are them. The white liberals that make up the majority of Broadway audiences are exactly the people the Sicangu Lakota playwright is taking to task for acts of “performative wokeness” in The Thanksgiving Play.
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CrimsonCreeks
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It was just this past December, I was in the lounging room at the American Airlines Theatre. Waiting to see the 1776 revival. Specifically thinking about the announcement over the PA that repeatedly said the same things. About and when and how the declaration of independence was made. About how many people, especially women, and people of color were excluded from it. I thought to myself, to my partner. How many Native American playwrights have been on broadway. They didn’t know. I didn’t know. So like the silly cookie I am. I logged into the free wifi and found Larissa FastHorse. Only to see that her Broadway play, “Thanksgiving Play” had not even gone to Broadway yet. As someone who is indigenous, I couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed. This article details how Larissa also had a hard time trying to pitch indigenous shows with indigenous characters. Usually being told there weren’t enough indigenous actors. Leading to the self aware satire “Thanksgiving Play”.
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It was just this past December, I was in the lounging room at the American Airlines Theatre. Waiting to see the 1776 revival. Specifically thinking about the announcement over the PA that repeatedly said the same things. About and when and how the declaration of independence was made. About how many people, especially women, and people of color were excluded from it. I thought to myself, to my partner. How many Native American playwrights have been on broadway. They didn’t know. I didn’t know. So like the silly cookie I am. I logged into the free wifi and found Larissa FastHorse. Only to see that her Broadway play, “Thanksgiving Play” had not even gone to Broadway yet. As someone who is indigenous, I couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed.
This article details how Larissa also had a hard time trying to pitch indigenous shows with indigenous characters. Usually being told there weren’t enough indigenous actors. Leading to the self aware satire “Thanksgiving Play”.
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