From ACTORS COLLABORATIVE TOLEDO
Actors Collaborative Toledo (ACT) will present the area premiere of the satirical comedy “The Thanksgiving Play” by Native American (Sicangu Lakota) playwright Larissa FastHorse. The play is directed by Toledo theatre veteran Joe Capucini and will be performed at The Maumee Indoor Theatre, 601 Conant St., on Friday, Nov. 10 & 11 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 12 at 3 p.m.
Tickets can be purchased in advance at www.act419.org or at the door beginning one hour before curtain.
Local actors Kate Abu-Absi, Angiovanna Gresko, Tim McMahon and Jim Pinkelman star.
in this satirical comedy alongside some puppets. Why? Because everybody loves puppets!!! In the play good intentions collide with absurd assumptions in Larissa FastHorse’s wickedly funny satire, as a troupe of terminally “woke” teaching artists scrambles to create a pageant that somehow manages to celebrate both Turkey Day and Native American Heritage Month.
A portion of the proceeds from this production will benefit Equality Toledo’s Community Food Pantry. ACT will also be accepting donations of non-perishable food items, personal hygiene products, and pet food during the run of the show to be donated to Equality Toledo’s Community Food Pantry.
What the critics have about The Thanksgiving Play:
“The familiar, whitewashed story of Pilgrims and Native Americans chowing down together gets a delicious roasting from expert farceurs.” – The New York Times
“A satirical and visual punch.” – New York Stage Review
“Very, very funny. Larissa FastHorse’s ‘The Thanksgiving Play’ skewers liberal pretensions with glee – this clever satire is something for which to be truly thankful.” – Hollywood Reporter
