Watch: Native Theatre Community Town Hall (9/29/25) hosted by HERE Arts Center and Livestreamed by Howlround
Native American artists were invited to participate and engage in a discussion on representation, erasure, and accountability in US theatre broadly to address the systemic pattern of silencing Native voices.
While this pattern spans decades, HERE Arts Center hosted this public town hall in response to multiple requests from a collective of thirty-seven Native artists and cultural workers for a public, community conversation with two New York City theatre companies, which were previously ignored. These artists asked for transparency and harm reduction measures regarding a planned production titled with a Native racial slur. Unfortunately, receiving this kind of (non)response is not new for the Native American community. This event, hosted by HERE at the collective's request, was Native-led and provided Native artists with a platform to openly discuss and advocate for structural change.