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A gripping journey from the fur trade of the 1600s to the stock trade of today, Mary Kathryn Nagle's Manahatta tells the story of Jane Snake, a brilliant young Native American woman with a Stanford MBA. Jane reconnects with her ancestral Lenape homeland, known as Manahatta, when she moves from Oklahoma to New York for a banking job just before the 2008 financial meltdown. Jane’s struggle to reconcile her new life with the expectations and traditions of her family and Nation are powerfully interwoven with the heartbreaking history of the Delaware Nation's expulsion from their land. Both old and new Manahatta converge in a lesson about the dangers of living in a society where there’s no such thing as enough.
A stunning play about self-discovery, Manahatta was written as part of The Public’s prestigious Emerging Writers Group. Obie Award winner and The Public’s Director of Public Works, Laurie Woolery, directs.
A stunning play about self-discovery, Manahatta was written as part of The Public’s prestigious Emerging Writers Group. Obie Award winner and The Public’s Director of Public Works, Laurie Woolery, directs.
Show Notes: No intermission
Audience Advisory:
Production effects and content sensitivities vary from person to person, and The Public encourages you to contact them (info@publictheater.org or 212.967.7555) if you have questions about any production. Manahatta includes depictions of historical trauma and violence committed against Native people in this country.
Performance Schedule:
TUESDAY-FRIDAY @ 7:30 PM
SATURDAY & SUNDAY @ 1:30 PM & 7:30 PM
No 1:30 performance November 18
No performance November 23
November 22 @ 1:30 PM
November 30 @ 8 PM
Director
Laurie Woolery
Written by
Mary Kathryn Nagle
