Native Voices: Readings of Three Intriguing New Works

Native Voices at the Autry, America’s leading Native American theatre company, continues its tradition of excellence, developing works by new and established Native American playwrights at its highly regarded PLAYWRIGHTS RETREAT AND FESTIVAL OF NEW PLAYS, and culminating in staged public readings of three intriguing new works.

Presented are THE HUMMINGBIRDS, an interactive, multimedia story of three musician sisters; THE BIRD HOUSE, a dramatic tale of an evangelical preacher and his sisters as they sort through the snarls of the past and an uncertain future confronted by economic downturn, corporate greed, and big oil’s determined march to continue hydraulic fracking no matter the cost; and DISTANT THUNDER: A NATIVE AMERICAN MUSICAL, with sixteen production numbers and a cast of twenty by the mother-son team of celebrated choreographer Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Tony Award nominee for direction and choreography of Broadway’s Swing!, and Shaun Taylor-Corbett (Blackfeet*), who performed on Broadway and in the national tour of In the Heights, with music and lyrics by Shaun Taylor-Corbett and Chris Wiseman.