“Welcome to our museum of the future.” So begins the newest performance by Native Voices, who are devoted to developing and producing new works for the stage by Indigenous and Native American playwrights. On Sunday, September 7, the theater company will premier their latest commission, a work-in-progress in celebration of LACMA’s new David Geffen Galleries combining vivid storytelling, Indigenous cosmologies, the vibrant power of color, and the layered histories of the land we inhabit.
Rooted deeply in memory and place, the performance responds to the building, the land it sits on, and the artwork it will hold. In their work, which takes place in a museum-like setting, shapeshifting figures—part trickster, part curator—weave together multiple narratives, poetry, and powerful reflections on climate displacement. The reading, which will be held on LACMA’s campus outside the David Geffen Galleries, is a rare chance to get a look at the creative process and ideas behind this project by Native Voices still taking shape, before it officially hits the stage in spring 2026.
This event marks Native Voices’ second collaboration with LACMA, following their 2022 performance Flipping Stereotypes on Their Stilettos, a series of original short plays that examined false historical narratives, presented alongside the exhibition Lee Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse.
LACMA Live Presents a Reading with Native Voices will take place on Sunday, September 7, at 6 pm. Find more information and RSVP for free.