Jay Muskett

Jay Muskett

Jay B Muskett (Dine ́) is an Indigenous writer from Nakaibito New Mexico. He has earned an MFA in Dramatic Writing from the University of New Mexico. Full productions include, 1n2ian and Sheepherders Special which was produced by New Native Theatre in St. Paul Minnesota. Life within the Cracks was selected to be a part of the annual reading at Native Voices at the Autry in Los Angeles as well as The La Jolla...
Jay B Muskett (Dine ́) is an Indigenous writer from Nakaibito New Mexico. He has earned an MFA in Dramatic Writing from the University of New Mexico. Full productions include, 1n2ian and Sheepherders Special which was produced by New Native Theatre in St. Paul Minnesota. Life within the Cracks was selected to be a part of the annual reading at Native Voices at the Autry in Los Angeles as well as The La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego and was recently invited to be a part of The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in Abeline TX. Muskett is currently an adjunct faculty member at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Plays

  • Painted Red by Jay Muskett
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    6–8
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, farce, holiday
    Two Native Americans traveling through America's heartland get themselves invited to a Police Officer's Thanksgiving dinner and discover that their hosts are not at all stable individuals.
  • 1n2ian by Jay Muskett
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    8–12
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    Genre: drama, fable/folktale + 2 more
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    Keyword: Native American, MMIW + 7 more
    Genre: drama, fable/folktale, horror, tragedy
    Keyword: Native American, MMIW, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Native, Indian, Ceremonial Performance, American Indian, Native Theater, reservation
    Set in the backdrop of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women epidemic, Shell and her young daughter run away from their home on the Rez to escape the possible danger. Years pass, and the number of Indigenous women who have disappeared stacks as Dezbah, who is now grown returns to try and create positive change for and among her people not knowing that the danger she thought she and Shell escaped from has...
    Set in the backdrop of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women epidemic, Shell and her young daughter run away from their home on the Rez to escape the possible danger. Years pass, and the number of Indigenous women who have disappeared stacks as Dezbah, who is now grown returns to try and create positive change for and among her people not knowing that the danger she thought she and Shell escaped from has caught wind of her and is once again closing in.