The Thanksgiving Play

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The Thanksgiving Play by Larissa Fasthorse is a satirical comedy set in a high school classroom where drama teacher Logan, attempting to create a politically correct Thanksgiving play, involves her boyfriend Jaxton, elementary history teacher Caden, and actress Alicia, who all turn out to be white, leading to farcical efforts to craft a narrative that respects Indigenous perspectives without any Indigenous input. The play contains extensive discussions of anti-Indigenous racism and the genocide of Indigenous Americans and features an episode of anti-Indigenous mock violence and suicide.