“The Thanksgiving Play” playfully destroys Thanksgiving plays

In its October 16th reading of “The Thanksgiving Play” by Larissa Fasthorse, the Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies (TDPS) Department brought a complex work centered on whitewashing of Thanksgiving and Indigenous art to the Grinnell College campus. “The Thanksgiving Play,” a satirical comedy about four white artists attempting to create a culturally sensitive First Thanksgiving...