First Storytellers Festival, A Celebration of Native American Theatre

Dairy Arts Center 2590 Walnut St, Boulder, CO

In response to the need for Native theatre artists to work with other Native creatives to develop their shows, First Storyteller’s Festival was created. Each year the festival will develop work for the stage by Native artists from all over Turtle Island, educate the next generation of Native storytellers and help reclaim the narrative for Native stories.

The Counting of the Heads & New Year’s Purun

eTown Hall 1535 Spruce Street, Boulder

Join us for a great night of theatre, as we present a staged reading of a new ten-minute play by Justin P. Lopez (Mapuche) followed by a staged reading of a new full length play by Steve Callahan (Osage).

Savage

Dairy Arts Center 2590 Walnut St, Boulder, CO

Join us for the development of an exciting new musical by Chickasaw writer/composer Nicolette Blount, co-written by Lindel Hart! Savage is a musical drama based on the life of Chickasaw sharpshooter and silent film actress, the unconquerable Wanda Savage.

Voices of Change: First Storytellers – An Evening with Native American Playwrights

Longmont Museum Stewart Auditorium Quail Road, Longmont, Colorado, United States

Boulder’s all-Indigenous led artists collective Creative Nations joins us for an evening featuring playwrights from their inaugural First Storytellers Festival. Excerpts from playwrights’ work will be performed live by indigenous actors followed by a conversation about the challenges of telling Native stories. Presented as part of Creative Nations’ First Storytellers Festival and co-presented by the Longmont Multicultural Action Committee.

First Storyteller’s Festival: Embers Borne West

Dairy Arts Center 2590 Walnut St, Boulder, CO

Join us for a staged reading of the new play Embers Borne West. It’s a time-shifting tale about intergenerational resilience and identity, as two very different generations of a Cherokee family move to Los Angeles, in 1927 and in the present day. Stay after the show to participate in the audience discussion with the writer – a crucial part of developing new work!

First Storyteller’s Festival: Pink Man or the Only Indian in the Room

Dairy Arts Center 2590 Walnut St, Boulder, CO

Pink Man: or The Only Indian in the Room follows a young Ojibwe on a semi-autobiographical, semi-realistic journey of self-discovery as he battles tradition, stereotypes, and himself. Mixed-blood and white-presenting, Pink Man deals with internal and external struggles over identity and heritage, always worried about how others see him.

Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day!

Dairy Arts Center 2590 Walnut St, Boulder, CO

Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Days at the Dairy Arts Center. Sponsored by Right Relationship Boulder and Creative Nations.

2024 Native Art Market

Dairy Arts Center 2590 Walnut St, Boulder, CO

Join us for the fourth annual Art Market at The Dairy Arts Center!

Creative Nations Art Market 2024: Indigenous Drumming Public Workshop

Dairy Arts Center 2590 Walnut St, Boulder, CO

Join us for a free workshop with Indigenous drum group Drifting Bull to learn how traditional drumming is created and performed. This workshop is open to the general public (not exclusively Native folks!) to come learn about this important tradition.

Creative Nations Art Market 2024: Indigenous Dance Workshop for All

Dairy Arts Center 2590 Walnut St, Boulder, CO

Join us for a free workshop with the Indigenous dance group Rocky Mountain Indigenous Dancers to learn how traditional dance is created and performed. This workshop is open to the general public (not exclusively Native folks!) to come learn about this important tradition.