2019 Native American New Play Festival June 20-22 and 27-29 University of Central Oklahoma 100 N. University Drive, Edmond okindigenoustheatre.com Free-$25 Celebrating its 10th annual festival and first as an independent theater company, Oklahoma Indigenous Theatre Company’s 2019 Native American New Play Festival presents a female-driven buddy comedy full of pop-culture references. Director Tiffany Tuggle […]
Native American New Play Festival
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Indigenous voices
In 2010, Oklahoma City Theatre Company launched the Native American New Play Festival to showcase the creative talents of indigenous playwrights. In June, the festival staged Round Dance by Arigon Starr, and the production was the company’s most financially successful in five years, according to a press release from the festival’s directors, and State Representative David […]
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Encouraging laughter
Native American New Play Festival Thursday-June 16 Civic Center Music Hall 201 N. Walker Ave. nanpf.com 405-297-2264 $15-$25 A critically acclaimed work of cinema verité, The Exiles, spends a single night with a group of young Native Americans who’ve moved from reservations to downtown Los Angeles after the Indian Relocation Act of 1956. New York […]
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Native American New Play Festival endeavors to tell cultural stories and bring history to life
The festival is April 8 and 15 and highlights Native works and creates community for playwrights.