Thanksgiving Play

A group of politically correct teachers are tasked with creating a Thanksgiving play for their students. They hire a Native American actor to lend authenticity to the proceedings. When it turns out she's ethnically ambiguous the teachers are left to navigate the resulting pitfalls in this rich satire. Includes a conversation with playwright Larissa FastHorse.Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood, in September 2020.Director: Rosalind AyresProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergEllis Greer as AliciaJosh Stamberg as JaxtonMark Jude Sullivan as CadenLiza Weil as LoganProducer: Anna Lyse EriksonRecording Engineers: Neil Wogenson and Mark HoldenSenior Radio Producer: Ronn LipkinFoley Artist: Jeff GardnerMixed by Charles Carroll for The Invisible Studios, West HollywoodLead funding for The Thanksgiving Play is generously provided by: Barbara Timmer and Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Mike and Beth Kasser, The John Logan Foundation/Desert Wolf Productions, Jamie Wolf"e;Ode to Joy"e; opening recorder quartet performed by Ulung Tanoto on his YouTube channel Si Ulung.The Thanksgiving Play was commissioned and originally produced by Artists Repertory Theatre, Damaso Rodriguez, Artistic Director; Sarah Horton, Managing Director, Portland, Oregon.Playwrights Horizons, Inc., New York City, produced the World Premiere of The Thanksgiving Play in 2018.