I hope it’s the beginning of an era,” says FastHorse, a member of the Sicangu Lakota Nation and a 2020 MacArthur Fellow.
“The truth was most theaters had never produced a single play by a Native playwright.
It may have been about some Native people, but it was not written by Native people.
They would answer that they didn't know any Native playwrights or that there weren't enough Native audiences to power ticket sales.
“I think one thing I’m just hoping that people take away from this play is like, ‘Wow, Native stories are really compelling.
Persons:
Mary Kathryn Nagle, swindled, Nagle, “ I’m, ”, Larissa FastHorse, ” Nagle, Martin Scorsese’s, Ken Burns, “, ” Madeline Sayet, what’s, FastHorse, Peter Pan, Jerome Robbins, Moose Charlap, Carolyn Leigh, Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Lily fends, randy braves, —, ” ___ Mark Kennedy
Organizations:
Cherokee Nation, Lakota, MacArthur, University of California, Natives, The, Arizona State University, Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program, Civil Rights Movement, Mohegan Tribe, Public, Young, Broadway, Indians, “ redskins
Locations:
“, New York City, “ Rutherford, Los Angeles, Oklahoma, The American Buffalo, New York, ‘, Africa, Japan, Eastern Europe, South Dakota