The Thanksgiving Play / What Would Crazy Horse Do?: Two Plays by Larissa FastHor

Description: The Thanksgiving Play / What Would Crazy Horse Do? by Larissa FastHorse Two satirical plays that explore the modern-day Native American experience. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The Thanksgiving Play"Satire doesnt get much richer... A takedown of white American mythology... The familiar, whitewashed story of Pilgrims and Native Americans chowing down together gets a delicious roasting." -Jesse Green, New York Times"Wryly funny... Deftly makes points that need making about representation and, to borrow a line from Hamilton, the crucial matter of who tells your story." -Don Aucoin, Boston GlobeA group of well-intentioned white teaching artists scramble to create an ambitious "woke" Thanksgiving pageant. Despite their eager efforts to put on the most culturally sensitive show possible, it quickly becomes clear that even those with good intentions can be undone by their own blind spots.What Would Crazy Horse Do?"A nuanced portrait of reservation life... A scalding cauldron of race and resentment, poverty, and mental illness." -Robert W. Butler, Kansas City Star"A timely meditation on the dangers of nationalism tinged with a sad irony as seen through the filter of a Native American lens." -Alan Portner, Broadway WorldTwins Calvin and Journey, the last two members of the Marahotah tribe, make a suicide pact to end the Marahotah when the grandfather who raised them dies. Then two white strangers knock on their door and the insular world of the twins is ripped wide open. Author Biography Larissa FastHorse (Sicangu Lakota Nation) is a writer/choreographer, and co-founder of Indigenous Direction, the nations leading consulting company for Indigenous arts and audiences, which recently produced the first land acknowledgment on national television for the Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC. Larissa is the first Native American playwright in the history of American theater to have a play on the top ten most-produced list, with The Thanksgiving Play. Larissa is the recipient of numerous awards, including a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship. She is working on film and television projects with Disney, NBC, and DreamWorks. She lives in Santa Monica with her husband, the sculptor Edd Hogan. Review Satire doesnt get much richer [than The Thanksgiving Play]… A takedown of white American mythology… The familiar, whitewashed story of Pilgrims and Native Americans chowing down together gets a delicious roasting * New York Times *[What Would Crazy Horse Do? is a] timely meditation on the dangers of nationalism tinged with a sad irony as seen through the filter of a Native American lens * Broadway World * Long Description The Thanksgiving Play "Satire doesnt get much richer... A takedown of white American mythology... The familiar, whitewashed story of Pilgrims and Native Americans chowing down together gets a delicious roasting." --Jesse Green, New York Times "Wryly funny... Deftly makes points that need making about representation and, to borrow a line from Hamilton, the crucial matter of who tells your story." --Don Aucoin, Boston Globe A group of well-intentioned white teaching artists scramble to create an ambitious "woke" Thanksgiving pageant. Despite their eager efforts to put on the most culturally sensitive show possible, it quickly becomes clear that even those with good intentions can be undone by their own blind spots. What Would Crazy Horse Do? "A nuanced portrait of reservation life... A scalding cauldron of race and resentment, poverty, and mental illness." --Robert W. Butler, Kansas City Star "A timely meditation on the dangers of nationalism tinged with a sad irony as seen through the filter of a Native American lens." --Alan Portner, Broadway World Twins Calvin and Journey, the last two members of the Marahotah tribe, make a suicide pact to end the Marahotah when the grandfather who raised them dies. Then two white strangers knock on their door and the insular world of the twins is ripped wide open. Review Quote "Very, very funny... something for which to be truly thankful." Description for Sales People The Thanksgiving Play had its world premiere Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons in the fall of 2018. What Would Crazy Horse Do? had its world premiere at Kansas City Repertory Theatre in the spring of 2017 FastHorse is a Native American playwright and choreographer. She is a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Lakota people. Her other plays include: Cow Pie Bingo, Urban Rez, Native Nation, Landless, Average Family, Teaching Disco Square Dancing to Our Elders: A Class Presentation, and Cherokee Family Reunion. She has written commissions for Yale Rep, Cornerstone Theatre Company, Artists Repertory Theatre in Portland, Childrens Theatre Company of Minneapolis, AlterTheater, Kennedy Center TYA, Native Voices at the Autry, Perseverance Theater Company, and Mountainside Theatre. FastHorse has also developed plays with Kansas City Rep, Artists Rep Portland, Arizona Theater Company, the Center Theatre Group Writers Workshop, and Berkley Group Reps Ground Floor. FastHorse is a member of the Playwrights Center Core Writers, Playwrights Union, and Directors Lab West 2015. With playwright and performer Ty Defoe, FastHorse founded Indigenous Direction, a consulting firm that helps organizations and individuals who want to create accurate work by, for and with Indigenous peoples. FastHorse has been awarded the PEN USA Literary Award for Drama, NEA Distinguished New Play Development Grant, the UCLA Native American Program Woman of the Year, and numerous Ford, Mellon, and NEA Grants. Details ISBN1559369612 Author Larissa FastHorse Language English ISBN-10 1559369612 ISBN-13 9781559369619 Format Paperback Publisher Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. Imprint Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Pages 144 Year 2022 Publication Date 2022-09-08 NZ Release Date 2022-09-08 US Release Date 2022-09-08 UK Release Date 2022-09-08 Subtitle Two Plays DEWEY 812/.6 Audience General AU Release Date 2021-07-01 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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