Larissa FastHorse Journalist Profile

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WWU faculty, alums, and students headline the slate for the Fairhaven Summer Repertory Theatre

Jun 26, 2024 | news.wwu.edu | Katori Hall |Larissa FastHorse |Troy Scarborough

This summer, Bellingham Theatreworks will produce three award-winning and thought-provoking plays - each with links to WWU faculty members, alumni, and with the participation from many current Western students - inspired by the social issues of race and discrimination that have entangled the country for generations. Each of these productions will be performed in the round in the intimate Firehouse Arts and Events Center.
The Thanksgiving Play

Apr 24, 2024 | steppenwolf.org | Larissa FastHorse |Jess McLeod

ABOUT THIS SHOWA Broadway hit, Steppenwolf-styleFour (very) well-intentioned theatre people walk into an elementary school. The work at hand: a Thanksgiving pageant that won’t ruffle any feathers. What could possibly go wrong? In MacArthur Genius Larissa FastHorse’s skewering and satirical comedy, well, just about everything. Rambunctious, thorny and not altogether politically correct, The Thanksgiving Play serves up the hypocrisies of woke America on a big, family-style, platter. Come get ya some.
Mariposa Arts Theatre unveils 'villainous' lineup of productions

Apr 14, 2024 | orilliamatters.com | Larissa FastHorse

NEWS RELEASE MARIPOSA ARTS THEATRE *********************************** After the success of our incredible 2023/2024 season The Mariposa Arts Theatre Foundation, Orillia’s Community Theatre, is thrilled to announce our upcoming 2024/2025 season staged at the Orillia Opera House. This season MAT is exploring the complex motivations, morality and nature of villainy. Who are the villains in our families, culture and memories? Do they create us? Motivate us? Perhaps they are us.
‘Peter Pan’ Is Flying to San Jose After Some Much Needed Changes

Feb 20, 2024 | kqed.org | Larissa FastHorse

Mark Kennedy, Associated PressFeb 20Failed to save articlePlease try againNolan Almeida as Peter Pan and Hawa Kamara as Wendy.
WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO

Feb 15, 2024 | keywest.floridaweekly.com | Larissa FastHorse |Jeremy Kareken |David Murrell |Gordon Walter Farrell

Please send calendar items to calendar editor Janis Fontaine at [email protected]. Presidential Families Weekend - Thursday-Sunday, Feb.15-19, Truman Little White House, 201 Front St., Key West. This annual event is the largest gathering of presidential descendants on Presidents' Day in the country. 305-294-9911 or trumanlittlewhitehouse.org/foundation/events/presidential-families weekend-2024. Highlights:¦ TRU-ly Amazing Art: Tom Corbin Presentation - 10 a.m.-noon Sunday, Feb. 18.
THE THANKSGIVING PLAY The First Broadway Play By Native American Woman To Have Houston Premiere At 4th Wall Theatre Company

Feb 1, 2024 | broadwayworld.com | A.A. Cristi |Larissa FastHorse

4th Wall Theatre Company begins 2024 with the Houston Premiere of THE THANKSGIVING PLAY, a hilarious, satirical comedy about performative wokeness and white storytelling. The play runs March 8 to March 23 at Spring Street Studios (1824 Spring Street). Tickets, discount bundles, and more information can be found at Click Here.
Key West Florida Weekly

Jan 18, 2024 | keywest.floridaweekly.com | Larissa FastHorse

Please send calendar items to calendar editor Janis Fontaine at [email protected]. "5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche" - Through Saturday at the Fringe Theatre at The Armory, 600 White St., Key West. By Evan Linder & Andrew Hobgood, this dish of laughter, innuendo, repression and discovery has delighted audiences since it won the 2012 NYC International Fringe Festival. Directed by Glenda Donovan. Tickets: $45-$60. fringetheater.org. Rokisland Fest - Through Saturday at Coffee Butler Amphitheater, 35 E.
Writers Praise 2023’s Best Screenplays: 'Saltburn,' 'Maestro' and More

Dec 19, 2023 | yahoo.com | Steve McQueen |Emily Saliers |Katori Hall |Aaron Sorkin |Andrea Corr |Dennis Lehane | +7 more

Every year, Variety asks directors and writers to write about the films that resonated most deeply with them, relating what makes these selected works special, memorable and endearing both to them and audiences overall.
Writers Praise 2023’s Best Screenplays: 'Saltburn,' 'Maestro' and More

Dec 19, 2023 | ca.news.yahoo.com | Steve McQueen |Emily Saliers |Katori Hall |Aaron Sorkin |Andrea Corr |Dennis Lehane | +7 more

Every year, Variety asks directors and writers to write about the films that resonated most deeply with them, relating what makes these selected works special, memorable and endearing both to them and audiences overall.
Native American playwright Larissa FastHorse takes on the ‘wild mess’ of Thanksgiving

Nov 24, 2023 | newspub.live | Larissa FastHorse

John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur FoundationThe Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has been getting some updates. Four years ago, Native American playwright Larissa FastHorse and her creative partner Ty Defoe began consulting with parade organizers to make the annual event “less harmful” to Indigenous people. The first order of business was to get rid of the pilgrims.