"The Thanksgiving Play": A Trailblazing Comedy Launches Playwright's Busy Year

The Thanksgiving Play, written by Larissa FastHorse, is a hilarious and daring comedy that takes aim at the buffoonery of the white-run theater world and the paralysis that can go hand in hand with over-analysis. The play centers on a quartet of theater nerds who meet in an elementary school classroom to craft a dramatic rendition of the Thanksgiving story that will possess adequate levels of accuracy and sensitivity. The play is a scandalously entertaining turducken of identity politics and humor, leaving audiences with more questions than answers.