Raising Native Voices, Then Amplifying Them
After years of nurturing writers and performers, the work of L.A.’s Native American theatre is finally paying off.
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Native Iron Workers and 9/11 Linked by ‘Mangled Beams’
In Dawn Jamieson’s new play, four Iroquois high-beam walkers reckon with trauma past and present.
A Troupe That Turns Tropes Into Takeoffs
The 1491s have gone from YouTube videos to live sketch comedy to a major play commission, and they’re laughing all the way.
A List of Native Theatres and Theatremakers
Resources, institutions, and more than 100 artists spanning North America.
A Meeting of Two Worlds in New Mexico
A fledgling theatre company in the Land of Enchantment tells Native American stories with both authenticity and imagination.
Places We Never Dreamed We’d Go
What do we owe to this quarter-century-old American classic? More life.
History Cracks Open, Again
Tony Taccone, a co-pilot for the first flight of ‘Angels in America,’ brings Kushner’s epic back home to Berkeley.
The Children of ‘Angels’
A generation of playwrights reflects on a play that still sets the bar high for their work.
Lee Pace, Not Your Regular Joe
A role as the gay Mormon lawyer in ‘Angels in America’ on Broadway brings the Texas-born actor back to a play that helped make him an actor.
National Themes: How Britain’s Subsidized Theatre Helped ‘Angels’ Fly
The National Theatre revival, now headed for Broadway, brings an American play’s long London history full circle.
