The Thanksgiving Play
February 6 - 16, 2025
Wildcard Wednesday (VU Community Only): February 5
Opening Night: Feb 6 | Speaker's Series: Feb 9 | Drinks with the Dramaturg: Feb 14
RUN TIME: 90 minutes
All Performances at 8pm except Sunday 2pm
by Larissa FastHorse
Directed by Tanaquil Márquez
A high school drama teacher brings together a handful of well-intentioned (if insufficiently informed) collaborators to create a "culturally conscious" play about the first Thanksgiving. At once audaciously funny and completely cringe-worthy, this brilliant, biting satire on political correctness examines misguided cultural assumptions and the polarizing world of “wokeness.”
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