Although these three plays give the reader an important perspective on Riggs's dramaturgical voice, the contextual material in the edition is also invaluable to understanding the artist behind the work. Riggs's essays and letters outline a dream for a 'new' theater that speaks directly to the theater practitioners of today. As a contemporary Native American playwright, I found myself saying 'Yes!' again and again as I read his vision for our field. As the next Native American playwright on Broadway (decades after Riggs), I am often compared to him, and my career is often measured by his. But in reading Lynn Riggs: The Indigenous Plays, I felt truly connected to his passion for the power of theater for the first time." - Larissa FastHorse, author of The Thanksgiving Play "Lynn Riggs is a forgotten great-a Cherokee playwright whose 1930s plays on Indigenous themes are gloriously contained in this book. The edition starts with a great introduction to Riggs and his work; three plays, then a series of Riggs's essays on process and on his ways as a playwright, follow. Thanks to the editorial team of James Cox and Alexander Pettit, I walked away feeling that I now know this man.

" - Alanis King, author of 3 Plays "An expansive framing of Lynn Riggs and his work, enlightening and exhilarating. The context provided in this edition allows the reader to see the complicated, multi-faceted human that Lynn Riggs was. Cherokee and gay, a playwright and a screenwriter, he was no one thing to the exclusion of another. There is something comforting, as an Indigenous playwright in the twenty-first century, about knowing Lynn Riggs, his history, and his contributions to not just Indigenous theatre, but to Theatre. This edition helps the reader to recognize Riggs's place in Theatre's continuum." - Yvette Nolan, playwright and director.