New Native Theatre Announces Bold and Original 2025–2026 Season Celebrating Native Stories, Superheroes, and Kinship
Growing the Tradition
In Native circles, performance, inclusion, and cultural connection are unbroken, and every part of our season reflects this strength. New Native Theatre (NNT), has grown into the nation’s largest Native-led nonprofit theatre company, and we proudly announce our 16th Anniversary Season, Growing the Tradition. It is a dynamic lineup of Indigenous stories ranging from family-friendly superhero adventures to deeply human dramas grounded in Native experiences and worldviews.
Founded in 2009 in the Twin Cities, NNT continues to break ground by blending theatrical innovation with cultural authenticity. Now entering its 16th season, the company is thrilled to present a year of mainstage productions, youth programming, and community celebrations that reflect the complexity and diversity of Native life today.
At New Native Theatre, a season is more than a lineup—it’s a living expression of Native presence, resistance, and joy. NNT’s programming is rooted in community and shaped by Native worldviews where art, outreach, and service are part of the same circle.
Our Two Spirit Powwow and our Youth Theater Summer Camp are held with the same care, curation, and artistic vision as our mainstage productions. Each gathering is deeply rooted in our shared, Indigenous values.
2025-2026 Productions
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Fallenstar: The Watchoverers
Fallenstar: The Watchoverers, an action-packed superhero adventure made for kids and their families will tour to reservation communities and rural areas in the Upper Midwest!
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A Christmas in Ochopee
It’s Christmas in the Everglades again as New Native Theatre begins a new winter tradition by remounting its wildly successful comedy, A Christmas in Ochopee by Montana Cypress.
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The Bird Blind
The Bird Blind, a world premiere by Alaska Native writer, Kira Apaachuaq Eckenweiler, is an unflinching and compassionate story set in an Inupiaq village on Alaska’s Norton Sound.
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2026 Youth Theater Summer Camp
Join us for a fun week of learning about and making theater with New Native Theatre.
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The 5th Annual Two Spirit Powwow
New Native Theatre is proud to present the 5th annual Reclaiming Our Identities Two Spirit Powwow in the Twin Cities.