The Thanksgiving Play, by Larissa Fasthorse (Sicangu Lakota)
Nov 8, 2019, 7:30 pm – Nov 24, 2019
Oregon Contemporary Theatre
Thursdays – Sundays, November 7 – November 24
Saturday and Sunday Matinees start at 2pm. Evening performances are at 7:30pm.
Tickets available here or at the OCT box office.
Ah, Thanksgiving, that most American of holidays: when families gather to celebrate the warmth of home, the bounty of the harvest — and a legacy of genocide and violent colonial expansion. 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.
“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
“The familiar, whitewashed story of Pilgrims and Native Americans chowing down together gets a delicious roasting from expert farceurs.” — The New York Times
For more information, visit: https://www.octheatre.org/the-thanksgiving-play