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Lakota Playwright Larissa FastHorse

Lakota Playwright Larissa FastHorse

Update: 2023-11-214
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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.

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Lakota Playwright Larissa FastHorse

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