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Mary Kathryn Nagle

Mary Kathryn Nagle (she/her) was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and an honorary member of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska. She studied theatre at Georgetown University and went on to study law at Tulane Law School, where she graduated summa cum laude. Her play Sliver of a Full Moon was presented at Joe’s Pub in September 2014 and Yale Law School on 31 March 2015. Her other plays include Miss Lead (produced by Amerinda at 59E59 in January 2014), Fairly Traceable (developed in the Civilians 2014 R&D Group), and Waaxe’s Law (presented at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in October 2011). She currently lives in New York where she writes briefs and plays.

An Image of four panels. The first has a waste basket and crumbled paper in it it. The second have children looking at a stage with their backs to us. The third is a person in a green shirt with long black hair sitting at a desk in and office talking to a person who has their back to us. The fourth panel has a podium with a slot, and various rectangles and circles surrounding it.
Creating Theatre for Our Future, Together
Essay

Creating Theatre for Our Future, Together

29 April 2021

Mary Kathryn Nagle predicts four main ways the American theatre will devise a future where theatrical storytelling does not directly contribute to white supremacy.

Decolonizing Systems/Our Theatre Ecology
Video

Decolonizing Systems/Our Theatre Ecology

Friday 1 June 2018
Online
Decolonizing Creation Processes by Reclaiming Narratives/Reclamando Nuestras Narrativas
Essay

Decolonizing Creation Processes by Reclaiming Narratives/Reclamando Nuestras Narrativas

El Giro Decolonial en el Proceso Creativo

28 May 2018

Robert Goodwin and Mary Kathryn Nagle discuss decolonizing Western theatre, linear narrative structures, the historic silencing of underrepresented voices, Shakespeare, and more.

Panel "Responsibility to Represent"
Video

Panel "Responsibility to Represent"

Monday 9 April 2018
Portland, OR, United States
Native Voices On the American Stage
Essay

Native Voices On the American Stage

A Constitutional Crisis

22 February 2015

Playwright Mary Kathryn Nagle kicks off Native Voices Week, “Instead of Redface,” with a personal story about how she came to playwriting from law school and the imperative to tell Native stories.

Native Voices
Series

Native Voices

A collection of First Nations voices as they share their experiences in (North) American theatremaking.