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Larissa FastHorse (Sicangu Lakota Nation) serves as Professor of Practice in Arizona State University's Department of English since Fall 2023. A 2020 MacArthur Fellow and award-winning playwright/choreographer, she co-founded Indigenous Direction—the nation's leading Indigenous arts consultancy—and made history as the first Native American playwright with a top-ten nationally produced play (The Thanksgiving Play). Her work bridges academic theater, television, and community activism through radical Indigenous inclusion.
Her research synthesizes theater, playwriting, and choreography with decolonial frameworks, focusing on Indigenous representation and cultural reclamation. Notable projects include the nationally recognized trilogy Urban Rez, Native Nation (the largest Indigenous theater production in U.S. history with 400+ Native artists), and The L/D/Nakota Project set in South Dakota. Her satirical comedy deconstructs cultural narratives while advancing community-engaged methodologies that redefine Indigenous art education.
FastHorse's accolades reflect transformative impact:
- 2020 MacArthur Fellow
- PEN/Laura Pels Theater Award for an American Playwright
- NEA Distinguished New Play Development Grant
- Joe Dowling Annamaghkerrig Fellowship
- AATE Distinguished Play Award
- Inge Residency
- Sundance/Ford Foundation Fellowship
- Aurand Harris Fellowship
- UCLA Native American Program Woman of the Year
Her projects secure major funding from MacArthur, Creative Capital, MAP Fund, NEFA, First People’s Fund, NEA Our Town, Mellon Foundation, and Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. As co-founder of Indigenous Direction with Ty Defoe, she consults for Roundabout Theater, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and Brown University—producing NBC's first national land acknowledgement. Current developments include creator roles for Apple TV, Taylor Made Productions, and Echo Lake, extending her scholarly-practice into film/TV after training as Sundance Native Feature Fellow and ABC Native American Fellow.
