Madeline Easley

In 5 to 500 years from now, the last Indian Boarding School is being demolished, society has turned to a fully gig economy, young people are struggling to "make it", and on top of it all, an archangel alien (a tall, brooding man in black) just made landfall on earth and has begun judging and executing us for our most serious sins. But there's a catch. This "Righteous Man" is only targeting men. So far. Bobby Hustle, a young Native American dropout trying to find his way, discovers that The Righteous Man has executed a childhood friend for some unknown reason. This development prompts Bobby to reexamine this system of judgment, alongside his singer/songwriter/influencer friend, Rewind, and his semi-successful true crime podcaster sister, Angel Sky. (It's a gig economy, remember?) Together, the three navigate this ultimate form of cancel culture as they struggle to understand The Righteous Man's increasingly complex judgment system. The Man Came Down explores the relationship between spiritual fanaticism, incel culture, the gender binary as a biblical allegory, the true crime industry, and what it takes to "make it" in late-late-stage capitalism. The play asks: What should humanity revive, and what should we archive as we face our potential end with dignity at the hands of a Righteous Man?

What if the Prodigal son never returns home?

After the fall of the Indian Child Welfare Act in the days leading up to the zombie apocalypse, Kay was illegally adopted out of her Tribe by a wealthy family who then abandoned her when they escaped the carnage by sea. Seven years later, Kay is a thriving citizen of a Confederacy of Tribes that took over governance of Turtle Island after the settler government fell. Then suddenly, the zombies disintegrate, and it is finally time to bury the dead with dignity. But the one percent have returned from the sea, ready to re-colonize. The only solution? Revive the centuries-old, Huron-Wendat tradition of holding a Feast of the Dead.

The year is 1910, and the Huron Cemetery is under threat. The resting place of hundreds of Wyandots, the plot sits at the center of Kansas City, Kansas, and developers are keen to get their hands on this piece of Indian land. Everything seems in order until three Wyandot sisters take up arms against the state and raise "Fort Conley" atop the cemetery. Defending the graves of their ancestors, Lyda, Helena, and Ida Conley fight in and out of the courtroom in a story that propels Lyda to take the case to the Supreme Court, becoming the first Native American woman to argue a case in front of this country's highest court.

A Native American woman with terminal illness due to lead poisoning from growing up in Picher, Oklahoma, AKA "The Most Toxic Town in America," returns home to spend a final night with her high school sweetheart. Together, they discuss past wrongs and future dreams, leaning into a new world where their love and land were never tainted.