Methuen Drama Anthology of Native American Plays

Courtney Elkin Mohler (Santa Barbara Chumash) is Associate Professor of Theatre at Boston College. She co-authored Critical Companion to Native American and First Nations Theatre and Performance: Indigenous Spaces (2020) and has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters in Indigenous theatre. As a stage director and dramaturg, Mohler is dedicated to supporting new work by Native American playwrights. Some recent dramaturgy credits include Pure Native by Vickie Ramirez at Geva Theatre, Desert Stories for Lost Girls by Lily Rushing at Latino Theatre Company/Native Voices at the Autry, and The Thanksgiving Play by Larissa FastHorse (Sicangu Lakota) at Virginia Stage Company.Christy Stanlake is a Professor of English at the United States Naval Academy, where she directs the Academy’s theatre program. With research interests in Native American theatre and performance, dramaturgy, and literature, Stanlake authored Native American Drama: A Critical Perspective (2009) and co-authored Critical Companion to Native American and First Nations Theatre: Indigenous Spaces (2020) with Jaye Darby and Courtney Elkin Mohler. Stanlake has applied theories of Native theatre to her direction of JudyLee Oliva’s Te Ata and Lynn Riggs's Green Grow the Lilacs; both productions toured to the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC.

• AcknowledgementsList of ContributorsIntroduction1. Crossing Mnisose by Mary Kathryn Nagle (Cherokee)2. Off the Rails by Randy Reinholz (Choctaw)3. Te Ata by JudyLee Oliva (Chickasaw)4. Red Mother by Muriel Miguel (Guna/Rappahannock)5. Urban Rez by Larissa FastHorse (Sicangu Lakota), Michael John Garcés and the Indigenous People of the Los Angeles Basin6. Antíkoni by Beth Piatote (Nez Perce)7. And So We Walked: An Artist’s Journey Along the Trail of Tearsby DeLanna Studi (Cherokee)8. The Neverland by Madeline Sayet (Mohegan), Music by Ed Littlefield (Lingít)BibliographyAppendixA. Sample Course Syllabus: Native American TheatreB. Sample Three-Week Modular Instruction Unit: Contemporary Native American Theatre