‘Native Playwrights PDX’ Reimagines Representation in Theater
The newly established Native Playwrights PDX, founded by director Amber Kay Ball, Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, is providing Native theater makers a platform to accurately and respectfully tell the stories of modern Indigenous people. Support from this collaborative will combat the lack of Indigenous representation in media while amplifying the work of up-and-coming playwrights and directors. Native Playwrights PDX was founded by Ball in 2024. After hosting a staged reading for their self-written play “Finding Bigfoot” in collaboration with the Fertile Ground Festival at Barbie’s Village last year, Ball, who uses the pronouns she/they, felt that it was more…
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