Larissa FastHorse
Autor/a de The Thanksgiving Play
Sobre l'autor
Crèdit de la imatge: Courtesy of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (CC BY 4.0)
Obres de Larissa FastHorse
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom normalitzat
- FastHorse, Larissa
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- Sicangu Lakota Nation
USA - Professions
- playwright
choreographer
theatrical director
theater activist
cultural consultant (Indigenous/Native American)
performing arts advocate - Premis i honors
- MacArthur Fellowship (2020)
- Agent
- Jonathan Mills (Paradigm NY)
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Premis
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 4
- Membres
- 40
- Popularitat
- #370,100
- Valoració
- 3.3
- Ressenyes
- 1
- ISBN
- 7
The Thanksgiving Play is about a group of white artists who try to create a culturally sensitive pageant for Thanksgiving, but end up exposing their own ignorance and biases. It is a hilarious critique of the white American mythology and the theater industry’s attempts to be “woke”.
What Would Crazy Horse Do? is about twins that are the last members of the Marahotah tribe, who plan to commit suicide as a grand jesture after their grandfather’s death. Their lives are disrupted when two white strangers, who claim to be members of the Klan, knock on their door. It is a dark and provocative exploration of the legacy of colonialism and the dangers of nationalism.… (més)