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“The Thanksgiving Play” explores the pitfalls of good intentions, colorblind casting

After being told that her scripts featuring Native American characters were uncastable, Sicangu Lakota playwright Larissa FastHorse turned around and wrote a play featuring an all-white cast — a satire following four well-meaning thespians’ attempt to write a politically correct elementary school play about the first Thanksgiving without the involvement of Native Americans. A nationwide […]