{"id":106,"date":"2022-01-08T13:54:12","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T18:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/artnow\/?page_id=106"},"modified":"2022-08-10T16:36:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T20:36:41","slug":"larissa-fasthorse","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/artnow\/larissa-fasthorse\/","title":{"rendered":"Larissa FastHorse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Larissa FastHorse, a member of the Sicangu Lakota Nation, is a playwright, choreographer, and co-founder of Indigenous Direction, the nation\u2019s leading consulting company for Indigenous arts and audiences. The Thanksgiving Play <\/em>(Playwrights Horizons\/Geffen Playhouse) was one of America\u2019s top ten produced plays for the 2020 season. She is the first Native American playwright in the history of American theater to make that list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Larissa FastHorses\u2019s additional titles of note include What Would Crazy Horse Do?<\/em> (KCRep), Landless<\/em> (AlterTheater), Cow Pie Bingo<\/em> (AlterTheater), Average Family<\/em> (Children\u2019s Theater Company of Minneapolis), and Teaching Disco Squaredancing to Our Elders: A Class Presentation<\/em> (Native Voices at the Autry). Larissa FastHorse has also created a nationally recognized trilogy of community engaged plays, including Urban Rez <\/em>(Cornerstone Theater Company), Native Nation <\/em>(ASU Gammage), and The L\/D\/Nakota Project<\/em> (Cornerstone Theater Company).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Larissa FastHorse is the recipient of numerous prestigious fellowships and awards, including the 2020 MacArthur Fellowship, the NEA Distinguished New Play Development Grant, the PEN\/Laura Pels Theatre Award for an American Playwright, the Joe Dowling Annamaghkerrig Fellowship, and the UCLA Native American Program Woman of the Year, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Larissa FastHorse began her career as a ballet dancer. She started writing in the film and television industry, where she was a Sundance Native Feature Fellow, Fox Diversity Fellow, and an ABC Native American Fellow. She is currently returning to the world of film and television, working on a film for Disney Channel, a special for NBC, and a series at Freeform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Career Highlight<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Larissa FastHorse was chosen as a 2020 MacArthur Fellow<\/a>, receiving the prestigious \u201cgenius grant.\u201d She was chosen due to her work in \u201ccreating space for indigenous artists, stories, and experiences in mainstream theater and countering misrepresentation of Native American perspectives in broader society.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Thanksgiving Play<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n