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Tara Moses
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Tara Moses is a director, playwright, co-founder of Groundwater Arts, and citizen of the Seminlole Nation of Oklahoma whose work unapologetically focuses on decolonization, Tribal Sovereignty, and equity for Native artists in the theatre. 

Tara Moses is a citizen of Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, director, multi-award winning playwright, and co-Founder of Groundwater Arts. She is the former Artistic Director in Residence at Red Eagle Soaring; a Cultural Capital Fellow with First Peoples Fund; fellow with the Intercultural Leadership Institute; advisory board member of Broadway for Racial Justice; member of the Directors Lab at Lincoln Center; recipient of the Thomas C. Fichandler Award; recipient of the 2025 Artistic Excellence Award with CompanyOne Theatre; Barbara Whitman Award finalist; associate member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society; and Dramatists Guild member. She is from the Muscogee Creek Reservation and holds an MFA in Directing from Brown/Trinity Rep. www.taramoses.com

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Essay

It’s Time to Move Beyond the Colonial Narrative

17 November 2025

Tara Moses introduces the series The Unspoken Treaty: The Pattern, Impact, and Disruption of Silencing Native Voices, outlines how the “American theatre” got here, details key takeaways from the series, and offers an invitation to institutional leaders to move from being unsettled to galvanized.

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Series

The Unspoken Treaty: The Pattern, Impact, and Disruption of Silencing Native Voices

There’s a pattern in the American theatre that mirrors centuries of broken treaties, forgotten promises, and surface-level gestures of inclusion.

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