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Logan is a high school drama teacher attempting to devise a play about Native Americans and Thanksgiving, but she’s just discovered that her supposed indigenous actress Alicia is actually mostly English and French. Now, Logan and her actors set out to discover how they could possibly create a play about the first Thanksgiving without a Native perspective. When in doubt, they turn to improvisation.
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Logan: We need to get our creative juices flowing and figure out what our options are to celebrate Native Americans without them. Let’s act.
(Jaxton, Alicia, and Caden turn in circles a bit, not knowing which way to face.)
Alicia: Which way is downstage?
Logan: It doesn’t matter in improv. You just act.
[... … …]
End:
Caden: Are there any props or costumes here?
Logan: There’s a few.
Jaxton: (to Caden) The good stuff is out in the storage closet. Come on.
Caden: Great.
Larissa FastHorse, The Thanksgiving Play, Samuel French, 2019, pp. 32-37.
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