Not Just a Gig
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Nikcoma Lee Mahkewa in The Other Children of the Sun. Photo: Teresa Wood.

On August 13, I sat down with Rhiana Yazzie—dramatist, director, actor, and founding artistic director of New Native Theatre—to discuss courage, both on and offstage.

Amelia French: You wrote and directed a play, The Other Children of the Sun, which was commissioned by the Kennedy Center. But the production was also part of a larger project: the TYA/USA [Theater for Young Audiences] BIPOC Superhero Project.

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Rhiana Yazzie
Rhiana Yazzie

is a 2025 United States Artist Fellow. She is also a Lanford Wilson and Steinberg Award winning playwright, a director, and filmmaker. A Navajo Nation citizen (Ta’neeszahnii dóó Táchii’nii), she is the Artistic Director of New Native Theatre, which she started in 2009 as a response to the lack of connection and professional opportunities between Twin Cities theaters and the Native community; it is the recipient of a 2023 Headwaters Bush Prize for social justice.

amelia french
amelia french

is a writer and editor from Maine.