Award winning Mohegan director and Visiting Libra Professor Madeline Sayet will discuss the historical relationship between Native peoples and Shakespearean performance, and how Native artists have used Shakespearean productions as a tool to reclaim their voices and empower theNative Theater movement. The event will take place on October 17, 2019, at 4:30pm in the Fernald APPE space in the IMRC.
Madeline is the Executive Director of the Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program (YIPAP), a TED Fellow, and was named a Forbes 30 Under 30 in Hollywood & Entertainment in 2018. She recently received critical acclaim for her solo show “Where We Belong” at Shakespeare’s Globe in London.
