Between Two Knees
at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Thomas Theatre, 2019
then presented at the Yale Repertory Theatre, spring 2022; McCarter Theatre, New Jersey, February 2023; Seattle Rep, Seattle, WA, March 2023; The Perelman Performing Arts Center, NYC February 2024
a 1491s Fiasco; directed by Eric Ting
The 1491’s: Dallas Goldtooth, Sterlin Harjo, Migizi Pensoneau, Ryan Redcorn and Bobby Wilson. set design by Regina García, lighting design by Elizabeth Harper, costume design by Lux Haac, sound design and composition by Jake Rodriguez, projection and video design by Shawn Duan.
*all members of the design team have been nominated for a 2024 HENRY HEWES DESIGN AWARD.
*2025 Obie Awards Citation for Best Play & Ensemble
OSF Production photography by Jenny Graham. Intro image by/with Ryan Redcorn. Yale Rep photos by T. Charles Erickson
scenics design assistants: Joe Klug, Tony Andrea, Lindsay Mummers
“Welcome to this comedy play, thank you for being here. I just want you to know, you’re about to see some heavy stuff. I mean let’s be honest here, we’re talking about INDIANS. And Indians have been through some pretty dark shit. I mean, DARK shit. All caused by you people. Yup… You all tried your best to wipe us out and clean us off the map. I mean, can you imagine how hard it was to cast this play? We had to use a Chinese guy to play one of the Indians… But it’s ok! We’re gonna make this fun. We gonna talk about war and genocide and PTSD and molestation. So, it’s ok to laugh. You are going to feel some guilt watching this. But don’t worry. That’s just what it feels like to be confronted with the source of your social power. That’s why we are passing a donation bin around the audience tonight. For just the price of a cup of coffee, you...can help a grown Indian child in need.”
-Larry, Scene 1