Indigenous Voices: A Celebration of Playwrights and Composers
7 – 9:30PM
Dates: November 16 & 17, 2026, 7:00-9:30PM, Communal interaction starts at 6:30PM
Objective: To showcase and celebrate the work of Native American, Austronesian, Global Indigenous, Aboriginal and First Nations playwrights and composers, fostering collaboration, networking, and exposure within the theatrical community of New York City through presentations of finished and work-in-progress plays, written stories, musicals, songs and musical compositions.
Organized by: The Ally Artists Group and The Eagle Project
Hosted by: The Dramatists Guild Foundation
Featuring plays by:
Matt Cross (Kiowa)
Jolie Cloutier (Onondaga Nation’s Wolf Clan)
Composition by: Edward Frenzel Yapyapan (Kankanaey tribe)
Joydah Mae Bernardo (Ibaloi Tribe)
Indigenous Storytelling series:
Opalanietet (Lenape-Nanticoke) The Lenape Creation Story
Lester Laoagan (Igorot Tribe) excerpt from the book, “Kalanay” to be read by Joyce Laoagan
Hayat Falah (Hausa/Yoruba) Poetry
Performance and Community Dance by:
Cordillera Cultural Ensemble