The Thanksgiving Play

 

Anders was in his first college play and it was so good! He made a great punk rocker, a kindergarten turkey and a dramatic teen.   He was in the ensemble along with seven others.  They would interrupt the "story" being told by  the four main characters, with a reenactment of a true Thanksgiving performance put on by some school somewhere in the country.  The juxtaposition of these little snippets and the drama taking center stage was interesting and poignant.  I wasn't allowed to take video or photographs, but was able to get these from a professional photographer credited below.

"Absurd assumptions and good intentions collide in this Broadway hit comic satire by groundbreaking Native American playwright, Larissa FastHorse. In it, four well-intentioned and terminally “woke” teaching artists scramble to create a culturally sensitive and historically accurate Thanksgiving play for kids that endeavors to somehow celebrate both Turkey Day and Native American Heritage Month."

 

photo credit to Lindsay of raymonjack.com