Madeline Easley

Madeline Easley (she/her) is an NYC-based Wyandotte playwright and performer. Born in Kansas City, MO, she is a proud citizen of the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma (Porcupine Clan). Madeline is the inaugural Four Directions Resident Playwright for 2023, a new partnership between Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Tofte Lake Center, Great Plains Theatre Commons (GPTC), and the Kansas City Repertory Theatre (KCREP). She is also a 2022 Greenhouse Playwriting Resident at SPACE on Ryder Farm and a 2021 First Peoples Fund Cultural Capital Fellow. Madeline is one of six filmmakers who premiered short films at "We The Peoples Before'' in the summer of 2022 at the Kennedy Center. Her film The Feathered Girl was a 2022 LA SKINS FEST featured selection, making its west-coast premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Madeline's plays include SHIFT, FEAST FOR THE DEAD, and REPRESENTATIVES FOR THOSE AT PEACE. Her writing and performance work has been presented at the Kansas City Repertory Theater, the Kennedy Center, Native Voices at the Autry, La Jolla Playhouse, Rattlestick Theater, the American Indian Community House, and more.