Although FastHorse has been a playwright for 15 years, but 2023 saw history being made as her satirical comedy, The Thanksgiving Play, made its Broadway debut. Making FastHorse the first female Native American playwright to be on the big stage.
Playwright Larissa FastHorse is the author of a new show at the Black Hills Community Theatre. FastHorse is collaborating with the theatre to produce “Average Family.” It’s a satirical commodity about a Native family and a white family who must switch places during a TV competition.FastHorse is also the creative mind behind “The Thanksgiving Play,” which opens on Broadway in Spring 2023. The Thanksgiving Play has been one of the top-ten most-produced plays in America. FastHorse is the first Native American playwright to make that top-ten list.