In 2015 Mohegan playwright and director Madeline Sayet left her home on the unceded Mohegan land of Connecticut for London to pursue a PhD in Shakespeare, focusing on his relationship with Indigenous Americans. What she encountered was a country that tokenized her and refused to acknowledge its role in the exploitation and erasure of her culture.

Every once in a while, a 3Views Co-Editor will write a missive. When January’s latest Omicron-induced theater shutdown happened, we decided to pause alongside oh so many shows. The year prior (2021), we hit the ground running when we re-launched in October, and we gratefully used the pause to fundraise (donate here or here!), make a strategic plan, and took a look at the moment in which we found ourselves.