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. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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On the first day of Thanksgiving, the natives gave to me a pumpkin in a pumpkin patch.
On the second day of Thanksgiving the.
Natives gave to me two turkey gobblers.
And a pumpkin in a pumpkin patch.
On the third day of Thanksgiving the natives gave to me three native headdresses, two turkey gobblers, and a pumpkin in a pumpkin patch.
That's a song from the opening scene of the theater production Thanksgiving play.
It ran earlier this year on Broadway and was written by Larissa Fasthorse, the first known native american woman playwright to produce a Broadway production.
Thanksgiving play is a satire that focuses on four well meaning white people trying to put on a politically correct holiday school production for Native American Heritage Month.
They even hire who they believe is a native american actor, but later discover, however, she is also white.
During its off Broadway run, it became one of the ten most produced plays in America with runs at universities and community theaters.