Madeline Sayet is an internationally acclaimed playwright and director known for her work in contemporary Native Theatre and re-imaginings of the classics. The national tour of her play Where We Belong, produced by Woolly Mammoth Theater Company in association with the Folger Shakespeare Library, included such venues as: The Public Theater, The Goodman Theater, Seattle Rep, The Folger Theater, Baltimore Center Stage, Hudson Valley Shakespeare, Philadelphia Theater Company, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and Portland Center Stage.
For her work as a director and playwright she has been honored as a Forbes 30 Under 30, TED Fellow, NCAIED Native American 40 Under 40, MIT Media Lab Director's Fellow, and is the recipient of The White House Champion of Change Award from President Obama.
While at MacDowell, Sayet, worked on a new play about an allegorical world in which laughter has been stolen.
