The Thanksgiving Play

November 21, 2024 to November 24, 2024
Mallinckrodt Center, 6465 Forsyth Blvd, Clayton, MO 63130

Presented by the Washington University Performing Arts Department

Tickets are FREE to all WashU students with valid ID. To reserve your ticket, please visit the Washington University Box Office or call 314-935-6543. You can also claim a free ticket the night of at the box office window.


A small group of abundantly earnest teaching artists devise a Thanksgiving pageant that attempts to celebrate both Turkey Day and Native American Heritage Month. While striving to be culturally sensitive, the angst-ridden thespians find themselves wrestling with history, myth, and their own biases as they descend into a hilarious cornucopia of political correctness. 

By Larissa FastHorse
Directed by Andrea Urice
November 21, 22 & 23 at 7:30 p.m.
November 23 & 24 at 2 p.m.
A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre

“The Thanksgiving Play” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com 

A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre

Located in Mallinckrodt Center

The intimate A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre, located in Mallinckrodt Center, is a 125-seat state-of-the art “black box” theater. As a dynamic and versatile performance space, the theatre is one of the premier venues for the Performing Arts Department season and is the home of the annual A.E. Hotchner Playwriting Festival. The A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre measures 60′ (L) x 28′ (W) x 14′ (H).