Playwright’s Show in Broadway Website

A new play written by UMaine English adjunct faculty member William Yellow Robe is set for a world premiere on Aug. 3 a The Public Theater in New York City, according to the website Broadway World. Yellow Robe, a member of the Assiniboine Tribe, will debut the play “Thieves,” which is set in a Brooklyn high school and seeks to highlight the absurdity of the urban Indian’s dual existence, according to the website.

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