HONOR AND AWARDS
•Flora Roberts Award from the Dramatists Guild of America
•Native American Achiever’s Award from the Smithsonian Institute
•Helen Merrill Award- New York Community Trust
•Lifetime Achievement Award-Native Writers Circle of the Americas
•National Playwright in Residence-Trinity Repertory Company
•First Book Award for Drama from the Gathering of Nations
•National Endowment for the Arts Playwriting Fellowship
ASSOCIATIONS:Dramatists Guild of America
American Indian Playwrights Guild,
National American Indian Theater and Performing Arts Alliance
No Borders Indigenous Inter-Tribal Theater Company
The Eagle Project Company,
Penumbra Theater Company
Ensemble Studio Theater
AmerInda
Red Eagle Soaring Theater Company
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We are so grateful to Joey Stocks and the Dramatist Magazine for commissioning this incredible portrait by the great artist Charles Her Many Horses. This work appeared in the Legacy issue of the Dramatist Magazine and was presented alongside a roundtable discussion on Yellow Robe’s work.
Spam Rants was a series of recorded entries Yellow Robe loved creating. He made new entries nearly every day in his later years.
Articles & Research:
“Art Talk with William S. Yellow Robe, Jr..” Art Talk with William S. Yellow Robe, Jr., https://www.arts.gov/stories/blog/2014/art-talk-william-s-yellow-robe-jr.
Murg, Wilhelm. “Playwright William S. Yellowrobe Discusses ‘Thieves.’” Indian Country Today, Indian Country Today, 9 Aug. 2011, https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/playwright-william-s-yellowrobe-discusses-thieves.
Yazzi, Riana. “Bill Yellow Robe Spoke Native Truth to White Power.” American Theatre, https://www.americantheatre.org/2021/08/09/bill-yellow-robe-spoke-native-truth-to-white-power/.
Morgan-Hubbard, Sage. “Interview with Bill Yellow Robe.” Brown University Library, https://library.brown.edu/htmlfiles/1126055137923702.html.
Hurg, Wilhelm. “Playwright William S. Yellowrobe Discusses ‘Thieves.’” Indian Country Today, Indian Country Today, 9 Aug. 2011, https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/playwright-william-s-yellowrobe-discusses-thieves.
Pillatzki-Warzeha, Sara. Review of Restless Spirits, by William S. Yellow Robe. Native American and Indigenous Studies, vol. 9 no. 1, 2022, p. 170-171. Project MUSE muse.jhu.edu/article/847056.
Fisher, J. "Native American performance and representation." CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, vol. 47, no. 4, Dec. 2009, p. 681. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A266564107/AONE?u=nysl_me_nypl_whb&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=812f83f5. Accessed 1 Mar. 2022.
“On the Other Side of the Rainbow,” Lopez, Tiffany Ana. “On the Other side of the Rainbow.” American Theatre, New York Vol. 18, Iss. 2, (Feb 2001): 70-73.
Weinert-Kendt, Rob. “The Story Is His Audience.” AMERICAN THEATRE, 25 July 2021, https://www.americantheatre.org/2010/05/13/in-the-trenches-william-yellow-robe/.
Preston, Rohan. “William Yellow Robe, the August Wilson of Native American Playwrights, Dies at 61.” Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 28 July 2021, https://www.startribune.com/william-yellow-robe-the-august-wilson-of-native-american-playwrights-dies-at-61/600082480/.
Emily Burnham. “Acclaimed Native Playwright and UMaine Lecturer William Yellow Robe Dies at 61 .” Bangor Daily News, 22 July 2021, https://bangordailynews.com/2021/07/21/news/bangor/acclaimed-native-playwright-and-umaine-lecturer-william-yellow-robe-dies-at-61/.
“Award-Winning Playwright, Umaine Lecturer Remembered - Umaine News - University of Maine.” UMaine News, 3 Aug. 2021, https://umaine.edu/news/blog/2021/08/03/award-winning-playwright-umaine-lecturer-remembered/.