Native Voices Presents 11th Short Play Festival: Home

For so many during these past 18 months, Home —whether literal or metaphorical—has become the centerpiece of our lives. So Native Voices asked, What Is Home? We were delighted by the many answers from Native playwrights across the world: from Arizona to Belgium to Canada to Hawaii and to the home of Native Voices in Los Angeles. In this year’s 11th Annual Short Play Festival , Home is family: broken, beautiful, and flawed. Home is a past that may haunt us and a future that offers hope. It’s creating new memories and holding tight to old ones. Home is a living entity that is both in constant change and will always be a part of us. Join us as we celebrate the stories, dreams, and histories of eight Native playwrights as they guide us Home .

FEATURING

9-1-1 Comanchería by Justin Tahmahkera (Comanche)

During a West Texas town’s Centennial Celebration of the founding, a local 911 operator receives a phone call that casts a shadow on the town’s long remembered history.

Come Home by Tammy Haili‘ōpua Baker (Kanaka Maoli)

What happens when trust is broken in our home? Can it ever be repaired? Kawao and his father, Alden, grapple with these questions in a stunning portrait of reconciliation.

From There to Here by Ryffin Phoenix (Navajo, Omaha)

Tethered by the idea of home, From There to Here follows two siblings as they come to terms with their vastly different experiences of the same place. Will they forge a new understanding of each other and their pasts?

The Knoll by Jeff D’Hondt (Lenape, Six Nations of the Grand River)

After his father’s passing, a son returns to his childhood home where he is overwhelmed by the land itself. Is it grief that is bubbling up? Or is it love in all its many shades?