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    The Thanksgiving Play
    The Thanksgiving Play
    The Thanksgiving Play
    Audiobook1 hour

    The Thanksgiving Play

    Written by Larissa FastHorse

    Narrated by Ellis Greer, Josh Stamberg, Liza Weil and Mark Jude Sullivan

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    About this audiobook

    A group of politically correct teachers are tasked with creating a Thanksgiving play for their students. They hire a Native American actor to lend authenticity to the proceedings. When it turns out she’s ethnically ambiguous the teachers are left to navigate the resulting pitfalls in this rich satire. Includes a conversation with playwright Larissa FastHorse.

    Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood, in September 2020.

    Director: Rosalind Ayres
    Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg
    Ellis Greer as Alicia
    Josh Stamberg as Jaxton
    Mark Jude Sullivan as Caden
    Liza Weil as Logan

    Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson
    Recording Engineers: Neil Wogenson and Mark Holden
    Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin
    Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner
    Mixed by Charles Carroll for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood

    Lead funding for The Thanksgiving Play is generously provided by: Barbara Timmer and Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Mike and Beth Kasser, The John Logan Foundation/Desert Wolf Productions, Jamie Wolf

    “Ode to Joy” opening recorder quartet performed by Ulung Tanoto on his YouTube channel Si Ulung.

    The Thanksgiving Play was commissioned and originally produced by Artists Repertory Theatre, Damaso Rodriguez, Artistic Director; Sarah Horton, Managing Director, Portland, Oregon.
    Playwrights Horizons, Inc., New York City, produced the World Premiere of The Thanksgiving Play in 2018.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherL.A. Theatre Works
    Release dateJan 15, 2021
    ISBN9781682661406
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