![logo for The Thanksgiving Play with a paper turkey](/sites/default/files/styles/webp_600/public/2023-09/uis_theatrre_thanksgiving.jpeg.webp?itok=pkveOxRP)
by Larissa FastHorse
- Directed by Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson
- Scenic Design and Technical Direction by Dathan Powell
Good intentions collide with absurd assumptions in Larissa FastHorse’s wickedly funny satire, as a troupe of terminally “woke” teaching artists scrambles to create a pageant that somehow manages to celebrate both Turkey Day and Native American Heritage Month.
~ from the Concord Theatricals/Samuel French Acting Edition back cover of the play
“The familiar, whitewashed story of Pilgrims and Native Americans chowing down together gets a delicious roasting from expert farceurs.”
~ The New York Times
“A satirical and visual punch.”
~ New York Stage Review
“Very, very funny. Larissa FastHorse’s The Thanksgiving Play skewers liberal pretensions with glee – this clever satire is something for which to be truly thankful.”
~ Hollywood Reporter
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UIS Studio Theatre
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