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Native America Calling - The Electronic Talking Circle
Friday, April 4, 2025 – Fresh Native creativity: ‘Fake It Until You Make It’ and ‘Navajo Highways’

Native America Calling - The Electronic Talking Circle

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 56:03


In Larissa FastHorse's (Sičháŋǧu Lakota) new play, a nonprofit works to accommodate “race shifters”, people who are compelled to change the ethnicity they're born with. “Fake it Until You Make It” is a satirical look at the serious topic of Native identity, helped out by a talented cast and Indigenous-grounded writing. The new children's TV puppet series, Navajo Highways, is making the rounds on screens across the Southwest. Written and directed by Pete Sands (Diné), the show follows young Sadie from her urban home to her introduction to Navajo land, culture, language and food. With a nod to the popular PBS show, Sesame Street, it's filled with characters Native audiences will find familiar. It's slated for public distribution on FNX. GUESTS Larissa FastHorse (Sičháŋǧu Lakota), playwright Pete Sands (Diné), writer and director of “Navajo Highways” Kimberly Kee (Diné), tribal early childhood specialist and she plays Ms. Pete

q: The Podcast from CBC Radio
What history books leave out about the 1947 Partition

q: The Podcast from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 25:39


When the award-winning actor and playwright Anusree Roy was growing up, her grandmother would tell her stories about the Partition of India in 1947, when British India was divided into the Muslim-majority Pakistan and the Hindu-majority India. Now, decades later, Anusree is performing in a play she wrote about the Partition called “Trident Moon.” It follows nine women and girls over the course of one life-changing night as they try to survive unspeakable danger. Anusree joins Tom Power in our studio to tell us why she wanted the story to feel unsentimental, what history books leave out about the Partition, and why humour serves such a vital role in the play. If you're looking for more conversations about theatre, check out Tom's interviews with playwrights Michael Healey or Larissa FastHorse.

Off Stage and On The Air

 Listen to the Show Right Click to Save GuestsTexas Comedies Looking for the Crash at CrushCity Theatre SEXTET  What We Talked About   Schmigadoon Review Hell's Kitchen wins Grammy 23/24 B'way Audience Demo No, ,no,no, please np, god no, nevermind I'm fine Timely yes or no Larissa Fasthorse Producer Federal Arts Committee Dissolved Hadestown video Understudies in the spotlight Thank you to Dean Johanesen, lead singer of "The Human Condition" who gave us permission to use "Step Right Up" as our theme song, so please visit their website.. they're good! (that's an order)

The New Yorker Radio Hour
A Lakota Playwright's Take on Thanksgiving; Plus, Ayelet Waldman on Quilting to Stay Sane

The New Yorker Radio Hour

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2024 24:45


“The Thanksgiving Play” is a play about the making of a play. Four performers struggle to devise a Thanksgiving performance that's respectful of Native peoples, historically accurate (while not too grim for white audiences), and also inclusive to the actors themselves. A train wreck ensues. “First it's fun. . . . You get to have a good time in the theatre. I would say that's the sugar, and then there's the medicine,” the playwright Larissa FastHorse tells the staff writer Vinson Cunningham. “The satire is the medicine, and you have to keep taking it.” FastHorse was born into the Sicangu Lakota Nation, and was adopted as a child into a white family. She is the first Native American woman to have a play produced on Broadway. “When I was younger, it was very painful to be separated from a lot of things that I felt like I couldn't partake in because I wasn't raised on the reservation or had been away from my Lakota family so long,” she says. “But now I really recognize it as my superpower that I can take Lakota culture . . . and contemporary Indigenous experiences and translate them for white audiences, which unfortunately are still the majority of audiences in American theatre.”This segment originally aired on April 14, 2023. Plus, earlier this year, the author and essayist Ayelet Waldman wrote an essay for The New Yorker about taking up a new hobby. Trying to cope with intensely stressful news, Waldman dove head first into teaching herself how to quilt. “I would get up in the morning, I would go to the sewing machine. I would quilt all day and then I'd go to sleep. It wasn't like I was checking out; I was still very much involved and invested in what was going on,” she told the producer Jeffrey Masters. “But somehow I could tolerate it while I was using my hands, and I decided I want to know how and why.” Waldman talked with neuroscientists about the reason that certain brain activities seem to relax us. And to her surprise, it wasn't hard to find hours each day, in the life of a busy writer, to pursue a new vocation. “Honestly,” she admits, “I was literally spending that time on the Internet.”

q: The Podcast from CBC Radio
Larissa FastHorse: The Thanksgiving Play satirizes good intentions gone wrong

q: The Podcast from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2024 19:53


You know that old quote about how the road to hell is paved with good intentions? That pretty much sums up “The Thanksgiving Play” by Larissa FastHorse. It's a cringe comedy that follows a group of well-meaning white theatre nerds as they desperately try to create a politically correct Thanksgiving show, without the guidance of an Indigenous person. Larissa joins Tom to talk about the inspiration for the play, performative activism in the theatre world, and how wanting to be seen as doing the right thing isn't actually the same as doing the right thing. 

Queer Voices
September 25th QUEER VOICES: Kurt Perry from PETER PAN

Queer Voices

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2024 21:26 Transcription Available


Send us a textThis episode will only be heard on the podcast, and it features musical comedy actor Kurt Perry being interviewed by BROADWAY WORLD writer Brett Cullum. Kurt is coming to Houston with the Broadway tour of PETER PAN which runs at the Hobby Center on October 1st through the 6th. Tickets can be found at: https://houston.broadway.com/shows/peter-pan/What happens when a timeless tale like Peter Pan gets a wonderfully modern twist? Join our conversation with the very hilarious and handsome Kurt Perry, the remarkable actor bringing Smee to life in a reimagined production of Peter Pan. Director Lonnie Price and book writer Larissa FastHorse have infused this version of the classic story with Indigenous voices and stronger female characters, creating a vibrant new rendition. Kurt shares his initial unfamiliarity with Peter Pan and his enlightening journey through rehearsals, working alongside a dynamic cast, including Nolan Almeida's intriguing portrayal of Peter and Cody Garcia as Captain Hook, adding a delightful layer to the performance.Kurt also opens up about the nuances of his career in comedic character acting, emphasizing authenticity and freshness in his performances. From his rich musical upbringing to his professional evolution in musical theater and classical music, Kurt offers invaluable insights into his artistic journey. Furthermore, he candidly discusses his personal exploration of gender identity, embracing both "he" and "they" pronouns and the sense of liberation it brings. Queer Voices airs in Houston Texas on 90.1FM KPFT and is heard as a podcast here. Queer Voices hopes to entertain as well as illuminate LGBTQ issues in Houston and beyond. Check out our socials at:https://www.facebook.com/QueerVoicesKPFT/ andhttps://www.instagram.com/queervoices90.1kpft/

Think Out Loud
Theater camp for native youth held at PSU

Think Out Loud

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2024 15:25


A sleepaway camp designed for and by Indigenous theater aficionados is being held at Portland State University July 29 through August 2. The 26 students in attendance will live in the dorms and attend daily theater trainings as well as college prep sessions. The students also get to meet and work with Native staff on campus. By the end of the week-long camp, students showcase their work in a variety of ways: some will act in student-written plays, some will create writing or art projects and others will perform in a short media project which is pitched by students then edited by camp staff. This is the fourth year of the camp, which has been held at different college campuses across the west coast. Last year, some of the students had the opportunity to participate in the Broadway production of “The Thanksgiving Play” by Larissa FastHorse. The camp has previously been held at University of Nevada at Reno, UC Berkeley and Southern Oregon University. Jeanette Harrison, co-founder of the theater camp for Native youth and creative director of Bag and Baggage’s Native theater project, joins us to share more. Returning campers Gia Fisher and Niyla Willow also join us. Fisher will be performing in “Diné Nishłį (i am a sacred being) Or, A Boarding School Play” by Blossom Johnson and directed by Harrison. The play will tour throughout the greater Portland area this September.

The Morning News with Vineeta Sawkar
Peter Pan in town for the next Month at the Ordway!

The Morning News with Vineeta Sawkar

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2023 6:12


The Lakota Playwright, LaRissa Fasthorse joined Vineeta on The WCCO Morning News

The Morning News with Vineeta Sawkar
Peter Pan in town for the next Month at the Ordway!

The Morning News with Vineeta Sawkar

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2023 6:12


The Lakota Playwright, LaRissa Fasthorse joined Vineeta on The WCCO Morning News

Angreement
Hair, Heelwork, Hammond

Angreement

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2023 104:58


On this episode, Michelle and Katherine angree about trainwrecks and emotions! They also bring very, very different perspectives on the circus to town. Plus, Michelle makes Katherine cry! Dave Ross, “How Hair Hanging Works” in How Stuff Works https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/arts/circus-arts/hair-hanging.htm Black Dawn Rise of the Super Soldier Conference Panel Full Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVO4SJqIIIw Crufts Heelwork to Music 2023 Competition https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=b2uNbw77XVQ NPR Interview with Larissa Fasthorse https://www.npr.org/2023/11/21/1214280692/larissa-fasthorse-the-thanksgiving-play The Emotion Wheel https://i.pinimg.com/originals/11/01/73/1101739e7f0b286c5b516e4a48a385f2.jpg “The Nature of Emotions” by Robert Plutchik, American Scientist https://www.americanscientist.org/article/the-nature-of-emotions Hammond Circus Train Crash New Report https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGXE7ckAOOU

Fresh Air
Best Of: The EarRegulars / Playwright Larissa FastHorse

Fresh Air

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2023 48:29 Very Popular


We hear some live music and conversation from two of the best traditional jazz musicians around, trumpeter Jon-Erik Kellso and guitarist Matt Munisteri. In 2007, they founded the band The EarRegulars, who play Sunday nights at a very old bar in Greenwich Village called the EAR Inn. They have a new live album.David Bianculli reviews the new season of Fargo. Then we hear from playwright Larissa FastHorse. She's the first known Native American woman to have a show on Broadway with The Thanksgiving Play. It's a satire that pokes fun at political correctness and the way we talk – and think about – indigenous people in America.

Fresh Air
Best Of: The EarRegulars / Playwright Larissa FastHorse

Fresh Air

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2023 48:29


We hear some live music and conversation from two of the best traditional jazz musicians around, trumpeter Jon-Erik Kellso and guitarist Matt Munisteri. In 2007, they founded the band The EarRegulars, who play Sunday nights at a very old bar in Greenwich Village called the EAR Inn. They have a new live album.David Bianculli reviews the new season of Fargo. Then we hear from playwright Larissa FastHorse. She's the first known Native American woman to have a show on Broadway with The Thanksgiving Play. It's a satire that pokes fun at political correctness and the way we talk – and think about – indigenous people in America.

Fresh Air
Lakota Playwright Larissa FastHorse

Fresh Air

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2023 44:55 Very Popular


Larissa FastHorse's satire, The Thanksgiving Play, focuses on four well-meaning white people trying to put on a politically correct school production for Native American history month. She spoke with Tonya Mosley about diversifying Broadway, her rewrite of Peter Pan, and changes she suggested for the Macy's Thanksgving Day Parade.

Fresh Air
Lakota Playwright Larissa FastHorse

Fresh Air

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2023 44:55


Larissa FastHorse's satire, The Thanksgiving Play, focuses on four well-meaning white people trying to put on a politically correct school production for Native American history month. She spoke with Tonya Mosley about diversifying Broadway, her rewrite of Peter Pan, and changes she suggested for the Macy's Thanksgving Day Parade.

Minnesota Native News
“For the People” A Groundbreaking Native-led play Tackles Culture Clashes through Urban Native Community Lens

Minnesota Native News

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2023 5:00


Estelle Timar-Wilcox: Native and non-Native audiences have been raving about “For the People.”  Colin Cash is a big theater fan and a member of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. When he saw it, he forgot he was even watching a play. He even offered to pay for people's tickets so they could go, too. Colin Cash: In my eyes, for me, it wasn't just a play, it was an experience, and a look into the urban natives trying to find acceptance, community. There's so many nuances, the writing is just brilliant and there's layers to it. I've been recommending it to a lot of different people, because representation does matter. ETW: “For the People” premiered at the Guthrie in October and ran through November 12th. The show follows April Dakota, a young Native woman with big dreams of opening a wellness center on Franklin Avenue. April means well, but she's a little misguided. Her plans for vegan regalia and new-age Indigenous yoga get some eye-rolls from her elders. She lands in a tangle of neighborhood politics and a partnership with a rich developer that goes very wrong.  The Guthrie commissioned this show from playwrights Ty Defoe and Larissa FastHorse. FastHorse is a member of the Sicangu Lakota nation; her mom is from Minnesota, and she grew up in South Dakota. Defoe has Ojibwe and Oneida heritage, and grew up on Anishinaabe territory. But they weren't the only voices behind it. FastHorse said they developed the play using story circles – meetings with local Native people to see what they wanted to watch a play about.  Larissa FastHorse: It's really about making sure that we aren't writing what we want to write, we're writing what the community wants us to write, and we're asking the community again and again, ‘hey, whoever wants to tell us what you want a play to be about — come on, let us know.' ETW: The show mentions a lot of local landmarks and history — from the start of the American Indian Movement to Owamni. And the biggest note they got: it has to be funny. The result is a hilarious 90 minutes. The final battle features a yoga competition and a paintball bow-and-arrow. The comedy weaves through some really touching moments, too.  Co-writer Ty Defoe was responsible for writing a lot of the jokes.  Ty Defoe: That kind of comedy allows a type of a healing. When people either see themselves portrayed on stages or are a part of that process, I think there's something that allows the collective soul of Native people to come together in an urban environment that settler colonialism has so affected so that we can have a joy and a type of perseverance working together. ETW: Lindy Sowmick is Saginaw Ojibwe. She grew up in Michigan and moved to Minnesota for college. She called “For the People” the greatest play she's ever seen.  Lindy Sowmick: There's that feeling, deep in your heart, or in your stomach, when you're like, this is healing for my community. That's what art is meant to do, art's meant to tell a story. And you know, Indigenous folks have been storytellers for our entire generations. I think that this is just such a beautiful result of generations of us being storytellers. ETW: The Guthrie advertised the show as the first Native-written play on its main stages. FastHorse said she's glad it reached a wide audience.  LF: That's the beauty of theater. It's a live experience where you go with people that are having completely different experiences, and then you get to talk about it. It makes you have to interrogate things in a different way, which we really love. We're very aware that we're writing for a predominantly white institution, with a dominantly white subscriber base, but there was so much work being put into making sure we had a broader audience coming to this. And we made sure that this play was for the people, right?  There were a lot of things that didn't read to the white people, and we were like, that's okay. That part's not for you, and that's fine. (Laughter).  TD: For! The! People!

North Star Journey
A show 'For the People': New Guthrie play focuses on Minneapolis' Native Community

North Star Journey

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2023 3:46


As part of its 61st season, The Guthrie Theater has premiered a play spotlighting the Twin Cities Native American community. For members of the community, it's an exciting moment.  “I'm still processing it, quite frankly,” said comedian and nonprofit organizer Trish Cook about “For the People,” now playing. “Folks are really buzzing about it.” Cook, who is Anishinaabe and lives in St. Paul, has seen the show multiple times.  “I think it kind of gives non-Natives maybe just a little peek into our communities,” Cook said, praising the show for showcasing the diversity of Minnesota's Indigenous community.  “For the People” was written by Larissa FastHorse and Ty Defoe. The show first began as an idea in 2019, when the Guthrie approached FastHorse and Defoe to create a show.  “We ended up centering on Franklin Avenue, which is a very well-known, well-beloved avenue,” FastHorse said. Franklin Avenue was the birthplace of the American Indian Movement and remains a hub of Native American arts, culture and activism. FastHorse, who hails from the Sicangu Lakota Nation, and Defoe, with both Oneida and Ojibwe heritage, decided to crowdsource the story directly from the community they intended to portray in their show. Defoe recalls hosting events during the harsh Minnesota winter of 2019 to gather stories and feedback for the writing. “We talked to so many different people, just asking questions in a gathering-like phase,” Defoe recalled. They visited people up and down Franklin Avenue. “We even went to powwows that were a little bit off of Franklin Avenue.”  By 2021, the show started to take form. “For the People” follows April Dakota, a Native woman who returns to Minneapolis after time spent away seeing the world, intending to open a Wellness Center.April quickly becomes entangled in the avenue's politics, navigating challenges like grant funding, gentrification and questions about her “Native” authenticity. Although FastHorse and Defoe had different upbringings, they both relate to April's journey to understand her Native identity. “[I'm from] the Sicangu Lakota Nation in South Dakota and I grew up being adopted out very young, to a white family,” FastHorse said. “I had to go through a kind of a reclaiming of culture. As I was growing up in my late teens ... now, I call myself a bridge.” Defoe grew up with lots of connections to his Anishinaabe heritage and grew up speaking Anishinaabe.  “There was a journey about how to figure out how to belong and what belonging meant as like a modern-day Indigenous person,” Defoe said.  Local connections Aside from nationally known actors, like Wes Studi of “Dances with Wolves” and “The Last of the Mohicans,” “For the People” includes notable local actors, including Ernest Briggs, artistic director of the Minnesota-based Turtle Theater Collective, which focuses on Native storytelling.   Another local actor, Adrienne Zimiga-January, plays a commissioner.  “She's kind of like the boss lady. She reminds me of a lot of strong female women in my head that I've had in my life, most particularly my aunt,” Zimiga-January said.   She points to other Native stories being told to a wider audience, like “Reservation Dogs” and “Rutherford Falls,” as part of a large, empowering Native storytelling renaissance.   As a Lakota woman, “For the People” has a special place for her.  “To have a story like this, especially when you're right here on Native land. It is a huge thing for Native people here in the Twin Cities. For the Dakhóta Oyáte, it's huge here.” The future of Native stories According to the Guthrie, “For the People” is its first mainstage production written “by Native playwrights, featuring Native voices.” The theater's commitment to Native stories found its recent momentum in the 2016-2017 season, when Defoe and FastHorse's consulting company Indigenous Direction, was brought on to create a show in the Guthrie's Dowling studio.  Later, the theater created a Native Advisory Council to consult on decisions being made about the shows they would program for future seasons.  “I know there have been efforts in the past to make this connection between the local Native community,” said Roya Taylor, a former member of the Guthrie's Native Advisory Council and a local theater and voice-over artist. “But for some reason, you know, it just didn't seem like the timing was there or something was not right about the Guthrie's mindset.” Though Taylor has yet to see the final product of “For the People,” she was previously involved with workshops for the show, long before it even had a title.  Taylor, an enrolled Pawnee and Choctaw, applauds the Guthrie's move toward Native storytelling as part of its future. “What I would like to see is more Native young people, if we can figure out a way for them to take advantage of many of the educational offerings that the Guthrie utilizes,” said Taylor.  “We've had many years of creative, talented people that haven't gotten to share their voice, but they are now,” Cook shared, noting the bittersweet feeling.  “It's also exciting to hear from people — young folks and others who now want to share their stories or share their talents … I'm excited to see how it grows.” “For the People” runs until Nov. 12.  

Play to Z
F - Feiffer, FastHorse, and Full of Freaking Faves!

Play to Z

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2023 68:59


FRICK YOUR FREAKIN' FACES, FRIENDS! It's F! This week, Justin and Erika chat about some of their favorite playwrights of the contemporary time. Justin nerds out about one of the greatest playwrights for monolouge pulls (if your female presenting and within the ages of 20-40), Erika gives us a bio on a record-breaking playwright, and the two of them nerd out ofver a DANCE STYLE?! The EKR is really goofy this week. Freaking have fun! SOME BUSINESS: Thank you to the two playwrights we featured in this episode! You can find some of their plays in the links below. Erika's play, Kill The Bird, can be found on her New Play Exchange and you can purchase and produce Justin's play, Community Garden, through his publisher, Playscripts. Finally, you can check out Justin's YouTube channel for more longform theatre content!Links to our playwrights:Larissa FastHorse's ConcordFor The People by Larissa FastHorse and Ty Defoe currently running at the Guthrie Theatre til 11/12.Halley Feiffer's ConcordHalley Feiffer's DramatistIf you like the show, feel free to subscribe and give us a five star review! Also, follow us on instagram @justinborak and @actualerikakuhn and Justin on TikTok for any news and notes on upcoming episodes and more theatre reccomendations!

Storybeat with Steve Cuden
Peter Brosius, Artistic Director Minneapolis's Children's Theatre Company-Episode #266

Storybeat with Steve Cuden

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2023 54:02


Peter Brosius has served as the Artistic Director of Minneapolis's Children's Theatre Company since 1997, where he's directed the world premieres of Dr. Seuss's The Sneetches The Musical; The Last Firefly; Seedfolks; Animal Dance; and many others, all of which were commissioned and workshopped by Children's Theatre Company. Previously, Peter was the Artistic Director of the Honolulu Theatre for Youth and the Improvisational Theatre Project at the Mark Taper Forum.             During Peter's tenure at CTC he's produced more than 187 shows, brought to life more than 70 new works from commission to fully developed stage productions, served more than 5 million children and community members, founded innovative educational programming, and championed equity, diversity and inclusion efforts to eliminate barriers to participation for those underrepresented in theatre. Peter's passion has been at the core of CTC's mission to educate, challenge, and inspire young people and their communities through extraordinary theatre experiences.            Peter and the CTC have worked with more than 100 writers including: Cheryl West, Nilo Cruz, Naomi Iizuka, Larissa FastHorse, Itamar Moses, Jerome Hairston, Barry Kornhauser, Lloyd Suh, Will Power, Liz Duffy Adams, Carlos Murillo, Kia Corthron, Philip Dawkins, and Greg Banks.             A major new initiative, Generation Now, is a partnership between CTC and Penumbra, Latino Theatre Company, Mai Yi, and Native Voices at the Autry to commission and develop 16 new plays and musicals by Black, Indigenous, AAPI and Latinx writers for a multigenerational audience. These new works will have a life for years to come.             Peter also introduced preschool programming to CTC, commissioning original works and bringing in extraordinary preschool productions from across the globe. CTC has also become a major presenter of acclaimed international productions from Europe, Africa, and Asia. 

5 Plain Questions
Larissa FastHorse

5 Plain Questions

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2023 29:37


Larissa FastHorse (Sicangu Lakota Nation) is an award winning writer and 2020-2025 MacArthur Fellow. Her satirical comedy, The Thanksgiving Play, made her the first known female Native American playwright on Broadway at the Helen Hayes under the direction of Rachel Chavkin. Her new plays in 2023 are Wicoun (Cornerstone Theater Company), Democracy Project (Federal Hall), Fake It Until You Make It (CTG Mark Taper Forum), For the People (Guthrie), and the national tour of Peter Pan (Networks). Selected past plays include What Would Crazy Horse Do? (KCRep), Landless and Cow Pie Bingo (AlterTheater), Average Family (Children's Theater Company of Minneapolis), Teaching Disco Squaredancing to Our Elders: a Class Presentation (Native Voices at the Autry), as well as numerous productions of The Thanksgiving Play, making it one of the most produced plays in America. Larissa created the nationally recognized trilogy of community engaged theatrical experiences with Cornerstone Theater Company; Urban Rez, Native Nation, and Wicoun. She and her collaborator, Michael John Garcés, spend years on each project in an Indigenized community engagement process. “The engagement itself is the art form.” These projects have earned them national funding and an appointment to Arizona State University. Larissa's company with Ty Defoe, Indigenous Direction, recently produced the first land acknowledgement on national television for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC and continues to consult for them. They also consult for the largest theater organizations in the country. Larissa also writes in film and television, most recently as a creator for NBC, Disney Channel, Dreamworks, Muse, Netflix and others. She is based in Los Angeles with her husband, the sculptor Edd Hogan, and represented by Jonathan Mills at Paradigm NY. She is especially honored to follow in the footsteps of the last known Native American playwright on Broadway, Lynn Riggs. Photo credit: Conor Horgan Website: http://www.hoganhorsestudio.com/ https://www.guthrietheater.org/shows-and-tickets/2023-2024-season/for-the-people/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/larissafasthorse/

Hey Playwright
Generations to Come with Larissa FastHorse

Hey Playwright

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2023 69:05


Tori and Mabelle talk with Larissa FastHorse about her path from ballet to the Children's Theatre Company of Minneapolis to “The Thanksgiving Play” on Broadway. Larissa shares the details of her heart work with Indigenous communities and her radical inclusion process. Other topics include the Lakota Way, Indigenous Direction, writing for multigenerational audiences, and Larissa's upcoming productions of “Peter Pan” and “For the People.”

Attribution with Bob McKinnon
The Thanksgiving Play w/ Larissa FastHorse

Attribution with Bob McKinnon

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2023 62:36


Larissa FastHorse is a 2020 MacArthur Fellow, award winning writer/choreographer, and co-founder of Indigenous Direction, the nation's leading consulting company for Indigenous arts and audiences. With her latest work, The Thanksgiving Play, she became the first native American to have her play on Broadway. We talked about her journey to Broadway and how we connect with our culture and each other. I hope you enjoy.  Links to learn more about:  Larissa FastHorse The Thanksgiving Play Indigenous Direction HOST Bob McKinnon is a writer, designer, and teacher who asks us to reconsider the way we see success and the American Dream.  His work has been featured in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Fast Company, NPR, and PBS. His own journey out of poverty was captured in his TEDx talk: How Did I End Up Here. Through his writing and this podcast, he hopes to pay tribute and thanks to all those who have helped him and others move up in life. CREDITS Attribution is distributed in part by Chasing the Dream, a public media initiative from PBS flagship station, WNET in New York, reporting on poverty, justice, and economic opportunity in America. You can learn more at pbs.org/chasingthedream. This show was edited by No Troublemakers Media. Music by Jonnie “Most” Davis.

Forever Fangirls
085: The Thanksgiving Play: Forget the Cranberry Sauce

Forever Fangirls

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2023 27:16


#085. THE THANKSGIVING PLAY (2023) REVIEWAirdate: May 17, 2023The Thanksgiving Play from Larissa Fasthorse shines a light on performative behavior. With D'Arcy Carden, Katie Finneran, Scott Foley and Chris Sullivan leading the way to bring the satirical play to life, makes your stomach hurt with laughter but also makes you think.**Spoiler Warning**If you'd like the show notes, see the trailer or links mentioned in this episode, head to:https://www.foreverfangirls.com/episode085/  Leave a 90s Message: https://www.speakpipe.com/ForeverFangirlsPodcastFollow Forever Fangirls: https://linktr.ee/ForeverFanPod

The Score
Our Birthright (w/Morgan-Paige Melbourne)

The Score

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2023 83:26


Mornin', Scorekeepers! Welcome to another edition of your favorite podcast, THE SCORE! And this week, we've another banger for you. We are so excited to welcome an incredible, young Canadian composer who is making huge waves: Morgan-Paige Melbourne! Join us as we chat about what it's like to be a child piano prodigy, what music educators need to do to better support students of marked identities, and the messages of love and resilience she hopes to send fellow Black folks and queer folks with her music. Also, we talk about some of the amazing shows that have recently opened in NYC like Terence Blanchard's Champion and Larissa FastHorse's The Thanksgiving Play, we celebrate the erasure of gendered categories in some of the major New York theater awards, and end, as always, with a bit of Pure Black Joy. Let's do it to it, y'all!Hosts: Lee Bynum, Rocky Jones, Paige Reynolds (Iyawo Inawale)Guest: Morgan-Paige MelbourneProducer: Rocky Jones --LinksMorgan-Paige Melbourne (Insta) (Bandcamp)Queen Cleopatra (Netflix)Birth Revolution (Website)--New episodes of THE SCORE drop every other Wednesday. If you like what you hear, please support us and SUBSCRIBE to the show on your favorite podcast app and be sure to SHARE our show with your friends. Also, leaving a 5-star REVIEW on Apple Podcasts is a great way to help people find our show. For more info about the exciting EDI work happening at MN Opera, please visit mnopera.org/edi. Email your questions or comments to thescore@mnopera.org.

Greater LA
Inside LA's vibrant Asian American and Native American theater scenes

Greater LA

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2023 24:11


Asian American artists in LA are working to break apart the “Asian American monolith” by telling more nuanced stories and experimenting with form. LA-based Native American theater creators are also having a moment. Larissa FastHorse and DeLannaStudi talk about what this means and why it took so long.

The Roundtable
Playwright Larissa FastHorse's Broadway debut "The Thanksgiving Play"

The Roundtable

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2023 15:24


"The Thanksgiving Play" is a New York Times Critic Pick now running on Broadway at The Helen Hayes Theatre directed by Tony Award Winner Rachel Chavkin and starring D'Arcy Carden, Katie Finneran, Scott Foley, and Chris Sullivan as four adults attempting to create a politically correct and culturally sensitive school Thanksgiving Pageant.The satire is written by Larrissa FastHorse, a member of Sicangu Lakota Nation, award winning writer and current MacArthur Fellow. "The Thanksgiving Play" is her Broadway debut.

The Art of Kindness with Robert Peterpaul
Bellamy Young, Tony Goldwyn, Donna Murphy & More Live from The Thanksgiving Play Broadway Opening

The Art of Kindness with Robert Peterpaul

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2023 29:43


Bellamy Young, Tony Goldwyn, Donna Murphy, Robin DeJesus and more talk LIVE with The Art of Kindness and Broadway Podcast Network's Robert Peterpaul on The Thanksgiving Play Broadway opening night red carpet. From sharing early school show memories to kindness tips - you won't want to miss this one! This episode features: Scandal stars Bellamy Young and Tony Goldwyn, Broadway icon Donna Murphy (Tangled), Broadway star and friend of the pod Ilana Levine (You're A Good Man Charlie Brown), Robin DeJesus (tick, tick... BOOM!), Andrea Burns (In The Heights), Simone Recasner (The Big Leap), Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu (Passover), and The Thanksgiving Play writer Larissa FastHorse and director Rachel Chavkin. Got kindness tips or stories? Please email us: artofkindnesspodcast@gmail.com Follow us @artofkindnesspod / @robpeterpaul Support the show! (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theaok) Music: "Awake" by Ricky Alvarez & "Sunshine" by Lemon Music Studio. We are supported by the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Takeaway
Larissa Fasthorse On Finding the Humor in Performative Wokeness

The Takeaway

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2023 26:06


"MacArthur Genius Larissa FastHorse's shocking satire flips the bird on one of America's most prolific myths."  Larissa Fasthorse is one of the first Indigenous women to have her play produced on Broadway. The Thanksgiving Play is one of six plays coming out written by Larissa Fasthorse in 2023. The Thanksgiving Play centers indigenous issues through the lens of a small community's attempt at staging a “socially-conscious thanksgiving play.” Fasthorse joins The Takeaway to talk about The Thanksgiving Play, the pressures of being one of the first Indigenous women to have a play produced on Broadway and what it's like to center Indigenous issues in an industry that often ignores Indigenous artistry. We speak with Larissa Fasthorse, playwright of The Thanksgiving Play, now on Broadway (PLAYBILL)      

The Takeaway
Larissa Fasthorse On Finding the Humor in Performative Wokeness

The Takeaway

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2023 26:06


"MacArthur Genius Larissa FastHorse's shocking satire flips the bird on one of America's most prolific myths."  Larissa Fasthorse is one of the first Indigenous women to have her play produced on Broadway. The Thanksgiving Play is one of six plays coming out written by Larissa Fasthorse in 2023. The Thanksgiving Play centers indigenous issues through the lens of a small community's attempt at staging a “socially-conscious thanksgiving play.” Fasthorse joins The Takeaway to talk about The Thanksgiving Play, the pressures of being one of the first Indigenous women to have a play produced on Broadway and what it's like to center Indigenous issues in an industry that often ignores Indigenous artistry. We speak with Larissa Fasthorse, playwright of The Thanksgiving Play, now on Broadway (PLAYBILL)      

The Broadway Show: Uncut
Giving Thanks for D'Arcy Carden!

The Broadway Show: Uncut

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2023 24:11


TV comedy queen D'Arcy Carden just made her Broadway debut in The Thanksgiving Play. You've seen D'Arcy in The Good Place, Barry, and more. Now she's starring in the new comedy-satire from Native American playwright, Larissa Fasthorse. Paul Wontorek sat down with D'Arcy to talk about what making her Broadway debut means to her.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
The Playwright Larissa FastHorse on “The Thanksgiving Play,” Broadway's New Comedy of White Wokeness

The New Yorker Radio Hour

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2023 17:08


“The Thanksgiving Play” is a play about the making of a play. Four performers struggle to devise a Thanksgiving performance that's respectful of Native peoples, historically accurate (while not too grim for white audiences), and also inclusive to the actors themselves. A train wreck ensues. “First it's fun. . . . You get to have a good time in the theatre. I would say that's the sugar, and then there's the medicine,” the playwright Larissa FastHorse tells the staff writer Vinson Cunningham. “The satire is the medicine, and you have to keep taking it.” FastHorse was born into the Sicangu Lakota Nation, and was adopted as a child into a white family. She is the first Native American woman to have a play produced on Broadway. “When I was younger, it was very painful to be separated from a lot of things that I felt like I couldn't partake in because I wasn't raised on the reservation or had been away from my Lakota family so long,” she says. “But now I really recognize it as my superpower that I can take Lakota culture . . . and contemporary Indigenous experiences and translate them for white audiences, which unfortunately are still the majority of audiences in American theatre.”

Stagecraft with Gordon Cox
“The Thanksgiving Play” is Just the Beginning

Stagecraft with Gordon Cox

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2023 38:12


It's the year of Larissa FastHorse, Broadway's first known Native American female playwright, with six(!) plays coming up in 2023.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reel Indigenous
Natives on Broadway with Larissa FastHorse

Reel Indigenous

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2023 32:59


Larissa FastHorse is the first Native woman to have a play on Broadway and we get to catch up with her in this exclusive interview. Tune in and learn more about well-meaning white people and how autobiographical The Thanksgiving Play is. Visit 2st.com for for tickets, and don't just keep it real, keep it REEL INDIGENOUS.

The Broadway Show: Uncut
Scott Foley! Plus, D'Arcy Carden. And Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman

The Broadway Show: Uncut

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2023 42:47


We've got something to be thankful for. It's the brand new comedy-satire from Native American Playwright, Larissa Fasthorse. On this episode, Tamsen talks to the star of The Thanksgiving Play, Scott Foley (Scandal, Felicity). And we'll hear from Scott's co-star in the play, D'Arcy Carden (The Good Place, Barry). And, Paul Wontorek sits down with the Tony Award-winning songwriting duo behind the new comedy-musical, Some Like It Hot, Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. Plus, Marc performs the title track from that musical.

Stages Podcast
Larissa FastHorse ~ Responding To The Moment

Stages Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2022 53:48


Larissa FastHorse is a 2020 MacArthur Fellow, award winning Native American playwright, choreographer & arts advocate. She is the co-founder of Indigenous Direction, the nation's leading consulting company for Indigenous arts and audiences.  Her satirical comedy, The Thanksgiving Play was one of the top ten most produced plays in America last season  Other plays include What Would Crazy Horse Do?, Landless and Cow Pie Bingo, Average Family, Vanishing Point, and Cherokee Family Reunion. In this episode, Larissa discusses her journey from ballet dancer to playwright, why her plays alwasys incorporate movement and satirical storytelling, and the not one-but five! productions she has headed to New York stages next season.  The Thanksgiving Play Marylee's Moth Story Larissa FastHorse

Live at the Lortel: An Off-Broadway Podcast

Larissa FastHorse (Sicangu Lakota Nation) is an award-winning writer and 2020-2025 MacArthur Fellow. Her satirical comedy, The Thanksgiving Play (Playwrights Horizons/Geffen Playhouse),was one of the top ten most produced plays in America. She is the first Native American playwright in the history of American theater on that list. In Spring 2023, The Thanksgiving Play will make its debut on Broadway produced by Second Stage. She is the first female Native American playwright ever produced on Broadway. Larissa is currently developing new plays with several theaters including Second Stage Theater, Center Theatre Group, The Public Theater, Guthrie Theater, Seattle Repertory Theatre, and Yale Repertory Theatre. In 2019 Larissa re-entered film and television by co-creating a series at Freeform. Since then she has set up projects with Disney Channel, NBC, Dreamworks, and is writing on a series for Apple+ as well as adapting three beloved Broadway musicals. Philanthropic/Activist Causes: Lakota Youth Development, Honey Lodge

BroadwayRadio
Today on Broadway: Friday, June 3, 2022

BroadwayRadio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2022 19:55 Very Popular


“Almost Famous” Announces Broadway Cast/Dates, Second Stage Announces 2022-23 Shows, Colella to Rejoin “Come from Away” 1) Broadway News “Almost Famous” Announces Broadway Dates and Cast https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/ALMOST-FAMOUS-Musical-is-Headed-to-Broadway-This-Fall-20220602 Second Stage Announces 2022-23 Shows by Bess Wohl, Larissa Fasthorse https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Second-Stage-Announces-Two-New-Plays-Featuring-First-Female-Native-American-Playwright-Produced-on-Broadway-20220602 Jenn Colella to Rejoin “Come from Away” for Summer 2) Awards News read more The post Today on Broadway: Friday, June 3, 2022 appeared first on BroadwayRadio.

No Script: The Podcast
S8.E6 | ”The Thanksgiving Play” by Larissa FastHorse

No Script: The Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2022 53:33


Larissa FastHorse is a contemporary indigenous playwright. Her play The Thanksgiving Play was inspired by FastHorse's experience of trying to tell indigenous stories on the American stage - and the frustration of the blockades in place. Listen in as Jackson and Jacob discuss this satiric new(ish) play! ------------------------------ Please consider supporting us on Patreon. For as low as $1/month, you can help to ensure the No Script Podcast can continue.  https://www.patreon.com/noscriptpodcast  ----------------------------- We want to keep the conversation going! Have you read this play? Have you seen it? Comment and tell us your favorite themes, characters, plot points, etc. Did we get something wrong? Let us know. We'd love to hear from you. Find us on social media at:  Email: noscriptpodcast@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/No-Script-The-Podcast-1675491925872541/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/noscriptpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/noscriptpodcast/ ------------------------------ Our theme song is “Upbeat Soda Pop” by Purple Planet Music. Credit as follows: Music: http://www.purple-planet.com ------------------------------ Thanks so much for listening! We'll see you next week.

New Books Network
Larissa Fasthorse, "The Thanksgiving Play / What Would Crazy Horse Do?" (Theatre Communications Group, 2021)

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2022 58:25


Larissa Fasthorse's new collection of plays includes the wildly successful plays The Thanksgiving Play/What Would Crazy Horse Do? (Theatre Communications Group, 2021). In both plays, Fasthorse explores issues facing contemporary Native Americans, but also white America's complicated self-identity in an era of multiculturalism. In The Thanksgiving Play, four white people with varying degrees of theatre experience try to stage a historically sensitive Thanksgiving pageant for a local school, with predictably disastrous results. What Would Crazy Horse Do? features the last two members of a fictional tribe who are forced to confront uncomfortable aspects of their own history when they learn that their grandfather participated in a reenactment of a powwow as part of a Klan rally. This gut-churning play reveals the fallacy of any ideology of racial purity, whether involving whites, indigenous peoples, or any other group. Together, these two plays are a riotously funny but ultimately unsettling look at contemporary politics of race and representation. Andy Boyd is a playwright based in Brooklyn, New York. He is a graduate of the playwriting MFA at Columbia University, Harvard University, and the Arizona School for the Arts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

New Books in Native American Studies
Larissa Fasthorse, "The Thanksgiving Play / What Would Crazy Horse Do?" (Theatre Communications Group, 2021)

New Books in Native American Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2022 58:25


Larissa Fasthorse's new collection of plays includes the wildly successful plays The Thanksgiving Play/What Would Crazy Horse Do? (Theatre Communications Group, 2021). In both plays, Fasthorse explores issues facing contemporary Native Americans, but also white America's complicated self-identity in an era of multiculturalism. In The Thanksgiving Play, four white people with varying degrees of theatre experience try to stage a historically sensitive Thanksgiving pageant for a local school, with predictably disastrous results. What Would Crazy Horse Do? features the last two members of a fictional tribe who are forced to confront uncomfortable aspects of their own history when they learn that their grandfather participated in a reenactment of a powwow as part of a Klan rally. This gut-churning play reveals the fallacy of any ideology of racial purity, whether involving whites, indigenous peoples, or any other group. Together, these two plays are a riotously funny but ultimately unsettling look at contemporary politics of race and representation. Andy Boyd is a playwright based in Brooklyn, New York. He is a graduate of the playwriting MFA at Columbia University, Harvard University, and the Arizona School for the Arts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/native-american-studies

New Books in Literary Studies
Larissa Fasthorse, "The Thanksgiving Play / What Would Crazy Horse Do?" (Theatre Communications Group, 2021)

New Books in Literary Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2022 58:25


Larissa Fasthorse's new collection of plays includes the wildly successful plays The Thanksgiving Play/What Would Crazy Horse Do? (Theatre Communications Group, 2021). In both plays, Fasthorse explores issues facing contemporary Native Americans, but also white America's complicated self-identity in an era of multiculturalism. In The Thanksgiving Play, four white people with varying degrees of theatre experience try to stage a historically sensitive Thanksgiving pageant for a local school, with predictably disastrous results. What Would Crazy Horse Do? features the last two members of a fictional tribe who are forced to confront uncomfortable aspects of their own history when they learn that their grandfather participated in a reenactment of a powwow as part of a Klan rally. This gut-churning play reveals the fallacy of any ideology of racial purity, whether involving whites, indigenous peoples, or any other group. Together, these two plays are a riotously funny but ultimately unsettling look at contemporary politics of race and representation. Andy Boyd is a playwright based in Brooklyn, New York. He is a graduate of the playwriting MFA at Columbia University, Harvard University, and the Arizona School for the Arts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

New Books in Dance
Larissa FastHorse, "The Thanksgiving Play / What Would Crazy Horse Do?" (Theatre Communications Group, 2021)

New Books in Dance

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2022 58:25


Larissa FastHorse's new collection of plays includes the wildly successful plays The Thanksgiving Play/What Would Crazy Horse Do? (Theatre Communications Group, 2021). In both plays, FastHorse explores issues facing contemporary Native Americans, but also white America's complicated self-identity in an era of multiculturalism. In The Thanksgiving Play, four white people with varying degrees of theatre experience try to stage a historically sensitive Thanksgiving pageant for a local school, with predictably disastrous results. What Would Crazy Horse Do? features the last two members of a fictional tribe who are forced to confront uncomfortable aspects of their own history when they learn that their grandfather participated in a reenactment of a powwow as part of a Klan rally. This gut-churning play reveals the fallacy of any ideology of racial purity, whether involving whites, indigenous peoples, or any other group. Together, these two plays are a riotously funny but ultimately unsettling look at contemporary politics of race and representation. Andy Boyd is a playwright based in Brooklyn, New York. He is a graduate of the playwriting MFA at Columbia University, Harvard University, and the Arizona School for the Arts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/performing-arts

Midday
Rousuck Review: 'The Thanksgiving Play' at Olney Theatre Center

Midday

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2021 10:52


We close our Midday on the Arts program today with our weekly visit from Midday theater criticJ. Wynn Rousuck. She joins Tom with her review of The Thanksgiving Play,a new production of Native American playwright and MacArthur fellow Larissa Fasthorse's popular seasonal satire about cultural myths and "white wokeness," now at the Olney Theatre Center. Raymond O. Caldwell directs the wickedly funny play — the most-produced comedy of 2019 — with a cast that includes Parker Drown, Megan Graves, David Schlumpf and Dani Stoller. The Thanksgiving Play continues as a live and streaming performance at Olney Theatre Centre through October 31st. For ticketing information, click here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KWNK 97.7FM
Soft Power Radio // Thank Goodness for Satire: A Conversation with Dwight George about 'The Thanksgiving Play'

KWNK 97.7FM

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2021 68:06


On a new Soft Power Radio, we conversation with Dwight George, who recently directed the local production of 'The Thanksgiving Play,' written by Larissa FastHorse. The play is a satire on wokeness, whiteness, intentions, and erasure. It's about the attempt - fictional but also painfully accurate - of four white people to put on a culturally sensitive Thanksgiving play for an elementary school audience. We talk with Dwight about producing the play and watching the response to it so far, about the challenges and effectiveness of art and humor in tackling complex social issues, and about the crucial distinction between intentions and impacts. Catch the play during its last weekend - October 15th and 16th at 730 PM and October 17th at 2 PM at the Reno Little Theater. Get tix and find more info at renolittletheater.org

Behind the Mic with AudioFile Magazine
THE THANKSGIVING PLAY by Larissa FastHorse, read by Ellis Greer, Josh Stamberg, Mark Jude Sullivan, Liza Weil

Behind the Mic with AudioFile Magazine

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2021 5:46


This four-character production from L.A. Theatre Works and playwright Larissa FastHorse (Sicangu Lakota Nation) is a send-up of woke culture, a satire of political correctness, and a most entertaining listening experience. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Alan Minskoff discuss this production that captures the zeitgeist with controlled mayhem. Liza Weil plays well-meaning Logan, who is directing an elementary school drama production and trying her best to stitch together a “culturally sensitive” play about Native Americans with four white players, no script, and historical references that make every issue “an issue.” Ellis Greer’s Alicia, Josh Stamberg’s Jaxton, and Mark Jude Sullivan’s Caden give life to woke stereotypes. There’s an insightful interview with FastHorse, a MacArthur Fellow, at the audiobook’s conclusion. Published by L.A. Theatre Works Find more audiobook recommendations at audiofilemagazine.com Support for our podcast comes from Oasis Audio, publisher of Frankenstein, a breathtaking Audie-nominated full-cast performance of the stage adaptation by A.S. Peterson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Read More Plays
EP. #6: The Thanksgiving Play by Larissa FastHorse

Read More Plays

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2020 63:46


In this episode READ MORE PLAYS hosts Ricardo Frederick Evans and Jennifer Sassaman, discuss the show The Thanksgiving Play by Larissa FastHorse. Theme music by Kalyn Harewood, with additional music by Bob Sassaman.Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram for updates and discussions you can participate in. Support us on Patreon to get bloopers, dramaturgy, and other bonus content. Please like and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.Links to items referenced in this episode:1. A full plot summary of the play can be found on the Plot Synopses page of our website: https://www.readmoreplays.com/plot-synopsis2. Information about the analytic technique used in this and other episodes can be found in the Text Analysis page of our website: https://www.readmoreplays.com/analysis

In The Moment: Segments
Larissa FastHorse's "Thanksgiving Play"

In The Moment: Segments

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2020 17:07


In The Moment … November 9, 2020 Show 938 Hour 2 Shortly after finding out she won a MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant, Larissa FastHorse told Here and Now she didn't get into theater for the money. She does it because she loves it. FastHorse is Sicangu Lakota who grew up in South Dakota. She and her husband are now based in California. Larissa FastHorse joins us to talk about her work, including her satirical "Thanksgiving Play," and her plans for the Genius Grant. Arts, literature, and music reporting on SDPB is supported by the Northern State University School of Fine Arts. More information available at northern.edu Find us on Apple , Spotify , and Google Play . Plus, watch interviews from our show on YouTube .

Native America Calling - The Electronic Talking Circle
11-05-20 Keeping up with Larissa FastHorse

Native America Calling - The Electronic Talking Circle

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2020 55:02


We catch up with playwright Larissa FastHorse (Sičháŋǧu Lakota), who just won a MacArthur Fellowship, also called the “Genius Grant.” She is the creator of “Thanksgiving Play” and “What Would Crazy Horse Do?” challenging Native stereotypes with smart writing and satire. She is in the midst of creating a collaborative trilogy that includes spending time embedded with Native communities.

Geeky Girls Knit
Episode 419 ~ In Which I Have 2 New Patterns to Share!

Geeky Girls Knit

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2020


Show Notes:Intro - On the Needles - Dami - ~hat on the needles soon C.C. -~Katy's 2020 Birthday Socks on US1.5 (2.5mm), Abstract Fiber Super Sock+ in the Thistle colourwayProject bag from Nerd Bird Makery & Progress Keeper from Ann TudorFinished Projects - Dami - ~NoneC.C. -~2020 Preemie Hat #43 on US6 (4mm), Bernat Cottontots in the Strawberry colourway & Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Worsted in the Caution colourwayFlosstube - Begins at timestamp 8:19Dami - ~NoneC.C. - ~Baa Baa Black Sheep by The Prairie SchoolerProject bag from Tilting Planet~Cats and Mandalas - February by Kitty and Me DesignsProject bag from Stitch ToolboxSnipattie from cattycrosstitchesNeedle Minder from Gecko Rouge~Edinburgh Castle by Terra Luna StitcheryNeedle Minder from TopKnotStitcherProject Bag from KnitRunDigGrime Guard from Crab Shack StitcherySnipattie from cattycrosstitchesUsing Pattern Keeper software on Kindle Fire 7Silicone ties30,400 / 265,824 sts complete11.436% complete5 / 60 pages completeYummies (our current favourite things) - ~Build a Bear Powlette +~2 NEW PATTERNS!!!! I'll have two coffees and two cherry danishes to go please Cowl & SocksSock Pattern on Etsy | Sock Pattern on PayhipCowl Pattern on Etsy | Cowl Pattern on Payhip~Auctions in partnership with Michelle Bendy Stitchy on her Instagram to benefit Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep. October is Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness month. NILMDTS is an organization that volunteers to take family photos for families who have lost babies. This way the family can hold on to memories despite not being able to hold on to their babies anymore.~Yarn for NaKniSweMo sweater~Yarn from Mel~Bitzy Bob Basic from That’s So Kelly Co.~Knit Crate - Use the coupon code GEEKY20 to get 20% off of your first order! This code will only work to discount the first month of a recurring monthly subscription and any of our Shop items.~Color Street from Creativity by Gidge (Amy) ~Crafty Photo A Day Challenge - #GGKCraftyPAD - details for October here & for November hereWhat We're Watching, Reading, + Listening To - Please be aware that we do discuss recent tv show episodes that have aired in the last week or so. This is your spoiler warning!Episode 419 Bookshop List~The Language Archive by Julia Cho - Dami finished reading~Harvey by Mary Chase - Dami finished reading~M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang - Dami finished reading~The Thanksgiving Play by Larissa Fasthorse - Dami finished reading~Spunk (1935 play) by Zora Neale Hurston - Dami finished reading~The Glass Scientists (webcomic) by Sabrina Cotungo - Dami is readingOctober / November / December 2020 RAL - 15 minutes of reading daily challenge* 88-92 of 92 days - 1 or more giveaways for eBook, everyone gets $1.20 off any single pattern coupon code & 88+ days RAL virtual badge * 61-87 of 92 days - 1 or more giveaways for single pattern, everyone gets 61+ days RAL virtual badge* #GGKRAL202020 RAL Yearlong Challenge~October / November / December* 92 days - 10 entries* 88-91 days - 8 entries* 61-87 days - 5 entries~Read All 366 days - 10 bonus entries~Complete the Modern Mrs. Darcy 2020 Reading Challenge - 12 bonus entries [all or none] (we'll open a thread for you to post this in December 2020)~3 grand prize winners drawn from all the entries~Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving by Pete Walker - C.C. is reading~Shameless: A Sexual Reformation by Nadia Bolz-Weber - C.C. is reading~Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter #5) - C.C. is rereading with Harry Potter & the Sacred Text podcast & Swish and Flick: An All Potter Podcast~Dr. Greta Helsing Series by Vivian Shaw - C.C. finished reading Book 2~The Guild Codex: Demonized Series by Annette Marie - C.C. finished reading Book 3~Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron - C.C. finished reading~You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria - C.C. finished reading~Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo - C.C. is reading~RuPaul’s Drag Race - watching~Monk - finished rewatching Season 2~The Mandalorian - finished rewatching Season 1~Helstrom - finished watching Season 1~Ted Lasso - watching Season 1~Supernatural - watching Season 15~Star Trek: Discovery - watching Season 3~My Favourite Murder podcast~David Tennant Does a Podcast With… podcast~Unlocking Us With Brené Brown~Evolving Faith podcast~Cabin Pressure~Random Spotify PlaylistsSeptember / October / November Artistic Autumnal AL -*Runs from 1-September through 30-November*Details - any project you knit/crochet/weave/spin/stitch/sew that you can convince us relates to autumn*No WIPS - Your project must be begun no earlier than 1-September and finished no later than 30-November*Each project that you knit/crochet/weave/spin must be at least 20yds/18.3m that you finish and post in the Facebook Group FO Thread counts as 1 entry into the giveaways. 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KPFA - Bookwaves/Artwaves
Bookwaves/Artwaves – Oct. 15, 2020: Terry Tempest Williams – Jeanne Sakata

KPFA - Bookwaves/Artwaves

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2020 59:58


Bookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky. Links to announced on-line and streaming local theatre & book events   Bookwaves Terry Tempest Williams, whose latest collection is titled “Erosion: Essays of Undoing”, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky. Terry Tempest Williams is an environmental activist and chronicler of the western landscape. In her several books and essays, she takes us from national parks and monuments to the way our environment affects us, both physically and emotionally. In this latest collection, she discusses the degradation of our natural resources, an ongoing process that encompasses the past few administrations and rushes headlong in the ongoing one; she talks about her Mormon roots and how they still affect her at the deepest levels, and how her activism led to her removal from her post at the University of Utah, along with the heartbreaking story of her brother's death from suicide. In this in-depth interview, she talks specifically about how she and her husband bought oil leases in an attempt to prevent drilling, about the climate crisis, and about how she came to be a writer. Complete 45-minute interview.   Artwaves Playwright and actress Jeanne Sakata in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky. Jeanne Sakata is the author of the play “Hold These Truths” which played at TheatreWorks Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto, July 11 – August 5, 2018, and is now available streaming through November 3, 2020. For more information on how to watch, go to the TheatreWorks website. Jeanne Sakata is an actress who has appeared on several TV shows and films, and on stage at both ACT and Berkeley Rep. Hold These Truths is the true true story following Gordon Hirabayashi, a Japanese-American student who fought internment to a relocation camp during World War II. This Northern California premiere celebrates the human spirit as it chronicles Hirabayashi's journey from college in Seattle all the way to the Supreme Court, and eventually to a Presidential Medal of Freedom. Directed by Lisa Rothe, with Joel de la Fuente starring as Hirabayashi, Hold These Truths made its world premiere in 2007 at East West Players in Los Angeles. In 2012, the solo play made its Off Broadway premiere at Epic Theatre Company starring Joel de la Fuente, and received a 2013 Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Solo Performance. Since its world premiere, it has gone on to play throughout the nation including theatres in Boston, Honolulu, Washington, D.C., Portland, and many others. :Complete 41 minute podcast.   Announcement Links Book Passage. Conversations with authors, all at 4 pm Pacific: Steph Kent and Logan Smalley Thursday Oct. 15, Pico Iyer, Sat. Oct. 17, Lan Cao and Isabel Allende, Sun. Oct. 18. The Booksmith Cory Doctorow, Thurs. Oct. 15, 5 pm; Rebecca Roanhorse Mon. Oct. 19, 6 pm; David Livingstone Smith and David P. Barash, On Humanity, Tues. Oct. 20, 6 pm; Poetry, Wed. Oct 21, 6 pm. Books Inc City Arts & Lectures, Thurs. Oct. 15 and Monday Oct. 19, 6 pm. Bay Area Book Festival Unbound events continue. Podcasts of October 3-4 Unbound TBA. Kepler's Books presents Refresh the Page, on line interviews and talks. Registration required. San Francisco Playhouse. 2020-21 Virtual Season: Art by Yasmina Reza, streaming October 24 – November 7; The Jewelry Box, written and performed by Brian Copeland, streaming Nov. 28-Dec. 25, 2020; From Blues to Broadway Revue, streaming Dec. 12 – 31, 2020. Custom Made Theatre Upcoming virtual productions TBA. Theatre Rhino Live Thursday performance conceived and performed by John Fisher on Facebook Live and Zoom at 8 pm Thursdays is Randy: The Story of Shilts. Overlooked Latinas, written and performed by Tina D'Elia, streaming Nov. 13-22. American Conservatory Theatre (ACT) Ironbound by Martyna Majok streams through October 16. In Love and Warcraft by Madhuri Shekar and The Thanksgiving Play by Larissa Fasthorse, both streaming on demand through October 18. Moon Man Walk by James Ijames, streaming on demand Oct 16-23; BloodWedding by Federico Garcia Lorca, live Oct 23-30, on demand Nov. 6-13. Pam McKinnon talks with Annette Bening, Nov. 20 live; Dec. 4-June 30, on demand. A Christmas Carol, radio adaptation of Carey Perloff's adaptation, streams Dec. 5-31, 2020. 42nd Street Moon. Moonbeams Streaming Series: The Oldest Living Cater Waiter, Oct. 15-25; Broadway Flipped, Oct. 29- Nov. 8; A Distant Dinner Party withJess and Jaron, Nov. 12-22 8 pm; Home (literally)for the Holidays, Nov. 36- Dec. 6. Tuesdays: Tuesday Talks Over the Moon. Every other Friday at 8 pm: Full Moon Fridays Cabaret. Sundays at 8 pm: Quiz Me Kate: Musical Theatre Trivia. Magic Theatre. Escaped Alone by Caryl Churchill, directed by Loretta Greco. A radio play, Oct . 19- Nov. 15. Shotgun Players.  Josh Kornbluth's Citizen Brain, live streamed October 16 to November 8. Berkeley Rep It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis, adapted by Tony Taccone, a radio play, On demand through November 8. Free with no registration. Here is the link. TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. Hold These Truths by Jeanne Sakata, video of 2018 TheatreWorks production, streaming through November 3, 2020. From TheatreWorks with Love, party to welcome new Artistic Director Tim Bond, Saturday Oct. 17, 5-7 pm. California Shakespeare Theatre (Cal Shakes) The Direct Address series continues with Resisting Shakespeare: Or, How to Fall In and Out and In and Out of Love. Shakespeare in Depth, class with Philippa Kelly, registration required. Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts new on-line programming series featuring classes, concerts, poetry sessions and more. Day of the Dead virtual ritual, Nov.2, live event. SFBATCO Live with Rod and Marce on Twitch TV, every Thursday at 6 pm. Aurora Theatre's A new ticketed audio drama, The Flats, written by Lauren Gunderson, Cleaven Smith and Jonathan Spector, with Lauren English, Anthony Fusco and Khary L. Moye, directed by Josh Costello, stream starts Oct. 23, 2020. Aurora Connects conversations every Friday, 4 pm. Marin Theatre Company Lauren Gunderson's play Natural Shocks streams through Soundcloud on the Marin Theatre website. American Dreams, created and developed by Leila Buck and Tamilla Woodard, streaming Nov. 10-15, tickets go on sale October 27. The Breath Project, streaming October 24-25. Central Works Bystanders by Patricia Milton, an audio play, currently streaming. The Human Ounce by Nicole Parizeau, audio play, streams beginning Nov. 26, 2020 New Conservatory Theatre Center presents In Good Company podcast about life when it goes off script, runs through October 21. The Law of Attraction by Patricia Milton, a world premiere radio play, streams through November 18, 2020. The Marsh: International Solo Fest, archived streaming. Josh Kornbluth hosts bingo every Friday at 7:30 pm Pear Theater. Lysistrata, streamed through November 9, filmed live outdoors. Contra Costa Civic Theatre It's a Wonderful Life, a radio play by Joe Landry, streams Nov. 27-Dec. 20. Reading Stage, one night only: Seven by by Paula Cizmar, Catherine Filloux, Gail Kriegel, Carol K. Mack, Ruth Margraff, Anna Deveare Smith, and Susan Yankowitz, 7 pm on Zoom. If you'd like to add your bookstore or theatre venue to this list, please write bookwaves@hotmail.com. The post Bookwaves/Artwaves – Oct. 15, 2020: Terry Tempest Williams – Jeanne Sakata appeared first on KPFA.

KPFA - Bookwaves/Artwaves
Bookwaves/Artwaves – Sept. 17, 2020: Heather Cox Richardson – Laurel Ollstein

KPFA - Bookwaves/Artwaves

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2020 59:57


Bookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky. Links to announced on-line and streaming local theatre & book events   Bookwaves Heather Cox Richardson, in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky. Heather Cox Richardson is a noted historian, a Professor of History at Boston College, specializing on the Civil War and reconstruction – but in the past year she's taken on a different role, chronicling America's daily political life in a series of commentaries titled Letters from an American, which can be found on her Facebook page, as well as at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com. Earlier this year, she released a book titled How the South Won the Civil War, subtitled Oligarchy, Democracy and the Continuing fight for the soul of America. This interview with Heather Cox Richardson was recorded via zencastr.com on the morning of Friday, September 11, 2020. She discusses her daily column and how it came to be written, elements in her book, and of course, current events. Complete 62-minute interview.   Artwaves Laurel Ollstein, whose latest play, “Pandora,” will be streaming on the theatreworks.org website from September 24, 6 pm – Septembre 28, 6 pm, is interviewed by host Richard Wolinsky. Laurel Ollstein is also the author of “They Promised Her the Moon,” which was produced at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley and shut down prematurely due to the pandemic. She has been a theatre and television actress, short story writer and director over the course of her career, and worked with Tim Robbins' Actors Gang in Los Angeles for fifteen years. This latest project is a theatrical retelling of the myth of Pandora, the first human woman in Greek Mythology, who was said to have opened a box which allowed all the ills of the world to escape. The production, recorded in Zoom toward the end of May, 2020, is a workshop reading featuring actors from the Bay Area and beyond, and is directed by Giovanna Sardelli, is free on-line with registration. :Special thanks to Richard Lavin for his assistance in post-production. Complete 34-minute podcast interview.     Announcement Links Book Passage. Conversations with authors, all at 4 pm Pacific: Ayad Akhtar on Saturday September 19 at 4 pm, Wade Davis Sunday September 20 also at 4 pm, Al Sharpton, Thursday October 1 at 5:30 pm. The Booksmith features Lucy Jane Bledsoe Tuesday September 22 at 8 pm. Books Inc presents Laura Markham, PhD this afternoon at 4 pm Bay Area Book Festival Sunday, October 4, the Bay Area Book Festival presents Berkeley #UNBOUND, an all-day, free, virtual mini-festival — kicked off with a ticketed keynote program on Saturday night, October 3. Kepler's Books presents Refresh the Page, on line interviews and talks. Registration required. San Francisco Playhouse The Zoomlet play Monday September 21 at 7 pm is The Logic by Will Arbery. Custom Made Theatre Sarah Ruhl's How to Transcend a Happy Marriage, recorded during its Jan/Feb run, streams September 18-20, On Demand 10 am-11 pm. Theatre Rhino Live Thursday performance conceived and performed by John Fisher on Facebook Live and Zoom at 8 pm Thursday September 17 is Straight. American Conservatory Theatre (ACT) In Love and Warcraft by Madhuri Shekar, On Demand recording of the live production, Sept 18-25. The Thanksgiving Play by Larissa Fasthorse, live streamed September 25 to October 3, On demand October 9 to October 18. 42nd Street Moon. 8 pm Tuesdays: Tuesday Talks Over the Moon. Fridays at 8 pm: Full Moon Fridays Cabaret. Sundays at 8 pm: Quiz Me Kate: Musical Theatre Trivia. A new subscription series, Moonbeams, begins streaming on October 1. Magic Theatre. Nassim Soleimanpour gives a one-day playwriting workshop, Wed. September 26, 10 am to 2 pm. Limited availability. Shotgun Players.  Josh Kornbluth's Citizen Brain, live streamed October 16 to November 8. Berkeley Rep Romantics Anonymous, live from the Old Vic in Bristol, England, a musical with book by Emma Rice, lyrics by Christopher Dimond and music by Michael Kooman, September 26 at 1 pm. And It Can't Happen Hear, a four part radio play, on October 13 at 5 pm. TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. Pandora by Laurel Ollstein streams September 24 to September 28. 6 pm to 6 pm. California Shakepeare Theatre (Cal Shakes) The Direct Address series continues with Resisting Shakespeare: Or, How to Fall In and Out and In and Out of Love. The series begins on September 18 at 5 pm. Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts new on-line programming series featuring classes, concerts, poetry sessions and more. SFBATCO Live with Rod and Marce on Twitch TV, every Thursday at 6 pm. Aurora Theatre's A new ticketed audio drama, The Flats, written by Lauren Gunderson, Cleaven Smith and Jonathan Spector, with Lauren English, Anthony Fusco and Khary L. Moye, directed by Josh Costello, will stream this fall, date to be announced. Aurora Connects conversations every Friday, 4 pm. Marin Theatre Company Lauren Gunderson's play Natural Shocks streams through Soundcloud on the Marin Theatre website. Central Works The Script Club, where you read the script of a new play and send comments to the playwright. The September script is Strange Ladies by Susan Sobeloff. A podcast will be posted to the Central Works website on September 29. Bystanders by Patricia Milton, an audio play, streams through September 20. New Conservatory Theatre Center presents In Good Company, a podcast about life when it goes off script. The first five episodes are now available streaming. The Marsh: International Solo Fest, October 7-11. Josh Kornbluth hosts bingo every Friday at 7:30 pm Pear Theater. Lysistrata, October 8 – November 9, filmed live outdoors. Contra Costa Civic Theatre Check the webpage for theatre classes for young actors. If you'd like to add your bookstore or theatre venue to this list, please write bookwaves@hotmail.com. The post Bookwaves/Artwaves – Sept. 17, 2020: Heather Cox Richardson – Laurel Ollstein appeared first on KPFA.

Hang & Focus
14. Realigning Values with Larissa Fasthorse and Hana Sharif

Hang & Focus

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2020 57:52


Larissa Fasthorse (Playwright, co-founder of Indigenous Direction, member of the Sicangu Lakota Nation, and Vice Chair of Theatre Communications Group) and Hana Sharif (Artistic Director—The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis) talk about systematic inequality in the theatre industry, and how we can use this moment to retool the systems, rebuild the structures and realign our values in order to create a better theatre industry and community.

International Festival of Arts & Ideas
THE ROLE OF ARTISTS IN DEMOCRACY

International Festival of Arts & Ideas

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2020 75:50


The 2012 Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco is joined by four-time Grammy Award winner Angélique Kidjo, Lakota playwright Larissa FastHorse, and Founder of Theatre of the Oppressed NYC and New Haven native Katy Rubin who reflect on their roles as mediators and responders during times of great social challenge.LISTEN ON APPLE PODCASTS

Adventures in Artslandia With Susannah Mars
Will Eno & Larissa FastHorse | Kate Ristau & Erin Fitzpatrick Bjorn

Adventures in Artslandia With Susannah Mars

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2020 63:15


Up next on Adventures in Artslandia, with too much time on her hands and in need of a lift, our fearless host Susannah Mars drops two interviews this week! She chats with Will Eno and Larissa FastHorse — two wonder playwrights, one East Coast and one West, both of whom have produced in Portland. Then, author Kate Ristau and 2009 Librarian of the Year Erin Fitzpatrick Bjorn gather virtually to celebrate the release of Ristau’s new book, “Shadow Queen.” It’s a socially distanced yet audibly intimate party.

Geffen Playhouse Unscripted
Larissa FastHorse

Geffen Playhouse Unscripted

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2019 39:36


Playwright Larissa FastHorse joins Rory to talk about her show currently at the Geffen, "The Thanksgiving Play." Plus, she discusses the challenges faced in her writing career, "performative wokeness", and her conscious decision to write the play with 4 non-indigenous leads.

Artist as Leader
Larissa FastHorse

Artist as Leader

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2019


Update October 2020: Larissa FastHorse has just been named a MacArthur "genius" Fellow, in recognition of her work "creating space for Indigenous artists, stories, and experiences in mainstream theater and countering misrepresentation of Native American perspectives in broader society." Larissa FastHorse is an award-winning playwright, director and choreographer. Her plays have been produced across the country from Juneau, Alaska to New York City, where her latest, “The Thanksgiving Play,” was presented by Playwrights Horizons this past spring after its premiere in Portland, Oregon at Artists Rep. “The Thanksgiving Play” also represents a significant milestone. With eight more productions slated over the next year, it just became the first play by a Native American or Indigenous playwright to appear on “American Theatre” magazine’s list of the 10 most produced plays of the season. Larissa is currently Vice Chair of the Board of Theatre Communications Group, a national advocacy and service organization for non-profit professional theatres. A member of the Sicangu Lakota Nation, Larissa has worked on artistic projects with Native communities all over the country. In 2015, she and artist-activist Ty DeFoe founded their own business, Indigenous Direction, a consulting company that advises organizations who want to engage with Indigenous art, audiences and artists in equitable ways. In her conversation with Rob Kramer, Larissa reveals how she’s honed her collaborative leadership skills to serve the community-focused mission of her art and why it’s always good for an artist to be of service in her own rehearsal room. https://www.macfound.org/fellows/1059/

Artist as Leader
Larissa FastHorse - Artist as Leader 001

Artist as Leader

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2019


Playwright-choreographer-director Larissa FastHorse, whose "The Thanksgiving Play" is one of the most produced plays of the 2019-2020 theater season, tells Rob Kramer how and why she avoid hierarchical leadership styles in her rehearsal rooms and how she deeply considers cultural norms when she and her collaborators work with Native artists and in different Native communities. She also reveals how a playwright's leadership style can even save a theater a lot of money!

TALKBACK
#1 - It’s Not My Story It’s Yours: Appropriation vs. Appreciation

TALKBACK

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2019 54:05


In its inaugural episode, The Dramatist Presents: TALKBACK looks at the line between appreciating a culture and wanting to explore it in art and appropriating a culture for art and profit. At the top, host Christine Toy Johnson (The New Deal, The Wisdom of Trees) sits down with Sicangu Lakota playwright Larissa FastHorse to talk about her Thanksgiving Play, as well as her approach to playwriting as activism. After a break, a panel of additional playwrights, journalists, and performers join Christine and Larissa to get more perspectives on the tensions between appreciation and appropriation. The group digs deep on the power dynamics of cultural appropriation, the long-term harm caused by misrepresentation, and pushes back on the entertainment industry's long tendency to exclude and/or underpay cultural consultants...when they're used at all.  This episode features Larissa FastHorse, Diep Tran, David Henry Hwang, Mashuq Mushtaq Deen, and Anita Hollander. The Dramatist Presents: Talkback is a production of The Dramatists Guild of America and BOOM Integrated. This episode was produced by Sarah Storm, Amy VonMacek, Christine Toy Johnson, directed by Sarah Storm, and edited by Jenn Grossman and Clint Rhodes of John Marshall Media. It was recorded by Eric Dabdoub for JMM, with Los Angeles tape sync support by Phoebe Unterman. Special thanks to Tina Fallon, Ralph Sevush, David Faux, Tari Stratton, Adrien Glover, Robin Lai, and John Marshall Cheary. TalkBack is distributed by the Broadway Podcast Network. Like and subscribe on your favorite podcast platform. For episode transcripts and exclusive content visit us on the web at  dramatistsguild.com. Keep the conversation going on Twitter https://twitter.com/dramatistsguild using #DGTalkBack

Token Theatre Friends
Token Theatre Friends: Roasting T-Day With Larissa FastHorse and Margo Seibert

Token Theatre Friends

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2018


The two artists discuss performative wokeness in 'The Thanksgiving Play' at Playwrights Horizons. Plus the Friends review Michael Urie's performance in 'Torch Song' on Broadway.

Inclusive Activism
Native Nation Project with Larissa Fasthorse Part 2

Inclusive Activism

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2018 42:18


The Native Nation project will be an immersive play experience written by playwright Larissa Fasthorse to represent several voices of the Indigenous community of Phoenix. On the podcast today is our Inclusive Activist Version of a community talking circle to learn more about the project and share stories about indigenous identity. Larissa Fasthorse will incorporate […]

Inclusive Activism
Interview with Native Nation Project w ASU Gammage

Inclusive Activism

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2018 36:18


The Native Nation project will be an immersive play experience written by playwright Larissa Fasthorse to represent several voices of the Indigenous community of Phoenix. On the podcast today is our Inclusive Activist Version of a community talking circle to learn more about the project and share stories about indigenous identity. Larissa Fasthorse will incorporate […]

Adventures in Artslandia With Susannah Mars
Indigenous Understanding & Land Acknowledgement with Playwright Larissa FastHorse

Adventures in Artslandia With Susannah Mars

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2018 27:58


Meet award winning playwright Larissa Fasthorse; most recently of The Thanksgiving Play at Artists Repertory Theatre.

OPB's State of Wonder
Apr. 14: Soul'd Out Vs. Coachella, Black Belt Eagle Scout, Shayla Lawson & Frank Ocean, and more

OPB's State of Wonder

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2018 51:33


This week on "State of Wonder," Soul'd Out sues Cochella, three native playwrights soar at Oregon's biggest theaters, poet Shayla Lawson's love letter to Frank Ocean, and the quiet heartache of Black Belt Eagle Scout.Soul'd Out Festival Sues CoachellaA David and Goliath showdown might soon come to a federal courtroom near you. This week, Portland’s homegrown Soul’d Out Music Festival filed a suit against one of the west coast’s giants: the Coachella Festival in Indio California and its affiliates. Soul’d Out alleged the big guy is violating anti-trust law through anti-competitive practices by barring any bands playing Coachella from playing another concert within 1300 miles for five months — basically ruling out any other West Coast shows — unless it's with one of Coachella's affiliate promoters. Shayla Lawson's Love Poem to Frank Ocean - 4:23Some artists move us, and some artists move us to make new things of our own. Frank Ocean was already one of the hottest names in music for his effortlessly brilliant lyrics and non-conventional musical collaging, but when he started writing songs about loving other men, as well as women, he blew open some long-standing music industry taboos. Just as Ocean has inverted his musical form, Shayla Lawson's new book of verse, "I Think I’m Ready To See Frank Ocean," pays tribute to the iconoclastic figure in soul by offering up some very different ideas about poetry.Oregon Stages Align for Three Indigenous Playwrights - 18:21There's been an incredible alignment in Oregon theater this month. Three of our biggest and best professional theaters are staging works by three contemporary indigenous playwrights, who all happen to be women. Mary Katherine Nagle’s play, “Manahatta” is onstage at Oregon Shakespeare Festival through Oct. 27. Delanna Studi is performing her autobiographical one-woman about retracing the Trail of Tears with her father, “And So We Walked,” at Portland Center Stage through May 13. And Artists’ Repertory Theatre is presenting “The Thanksgiving Play”, by Larissa Fasthorse. This. Has. Not. Happened before.All three playwrights arranged to be in Portland this week. They did some panel discussions. But we could not resist inviting them in to talk. They’ve been running in the same circles forever, to the point where it was hard for them to say where they first met.The Sonic Judo of Black Belt Eagle Scout - 42:02Katherine Paul’s musical journey has taken her from pow wows on the Swinomish Reservation in Washington to grunge-drenched rock clubs, but it was on her own that she truly found her voice. Last year, she released her solo debut, “Mother of My Children,” as Black Belt Eagle Scout. She plays all the instruments on the record. Of course, Paul, who goes by KP, is no stranger to Portland music lovers. She’s been a member of several bands, including Genders and Forest Park.

Wanda's Picks
Wanda's Picks Radio Show

Wanda's Picks

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2018 128:00


This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! 1. We rebroadcast the Jan. 18, 2018 show. Since our interview, there are Women's Marches in Oakland at Lake Merritt Ampitheatre. Rally at 10 AM then march to Frank Ogawa Plaza; Napa, Alameda City and of course San Francisco (begins at 11:30 a.m.) and San Jose at City Hall at (11:00). 2. We also speak to cast for Star Finch's "Bondage" through Saturday at AlterTheatre at ACT Costume Shop. We also spoke with playwright, Larissa FastHorse and director, Jeanette Harrison about FastHorse's Cowpie BINGO up at ACT Costume Shop through Sunday, Jan. 21, the up in San Rafael Jan. 26-Feb. 18.

Wanda's Picks
Wanda's Picks Radio Show

Wanda's Picks

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2018 128:00


This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! 1. Organizers and Participants, Women's March 2018 join us. Joy Elán and Anna Lukibanova. 2. Kim Shuck, San Francisco Poet Laureatte  (tenative) 3. Cast from Star Finch's "Bondage" at AlterTheatre (at ACT Costume Shop, 1117 Market) through 1/18-1/20 with a matinee 1/20 at 2 p.m. Visit altertheatre.org 4. Larissa FastHorse, playwright's "Cowpie BINGO" at AlterTheatre at ACT Costume Shop in SF through 1/21 and in San Rafael Storefront (TBA) 1/26-2/18. Director Jeanette Harrison joins us.                          &

StinkyLulu Says
Episode 6: WHAT WOULD CRAZY HORSE DO? by Larissa FastHorse

StinkyLulu Says

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2016 17:45


Brian reflects on what university productions might have to offer the American theatre as he discusses a recent presentation of Larissa FastHorse's WHAT WOULD CRAZY HORSE DO? Recorded on July 22, 2016. Music courtesy of Scott Holmes: facebook.com/scottholmesmusic