Gather ‘round the stoop with Murielle Borst-Tarrant as she spins a tapestry of tales from her youth – growing up in the only Native family of a Mafia-run Brooklyn neighborhood.
With unflinching humor and heart-warming empathy, award-winning playwright and performer Murielle Borst-Tarrant (Kuna/Rappahannock) confronts family history and generational trauma as she dives into an epic quest to keep cultural traditions alive. Tipi Tales from the Stoop is the joyous journey of one Native New Yorker discovering her voice and proving that resilience is not just about surviving, it’s about thriving—with or without the occasional family drama.
Photo: Bronwen Sharp
Murielle Borst-Tarrant – Playwright & Performer
Mildred Ruiz-Sapp & Steven Sapp – Co-Directors
Morgan Jenness – Dramaturg
Sam Biondolillo – Lighting Design
Mic Murphy – Set Design
Jayden-Avery R. Love – Costume Stylist
Deborah Ratelle – Production Manager
Laura Colby, President, Elsie Management – Representation
Murielle Borst-Tarrant discusses the inspiration, themes, and creative process behind Tipi Tales from the Stoop.
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Borst-Tarrant’s humor sends up cliché after cliché with a human and political urgency that is authentic and contagious.
—Exeunt Magazine
Murielle Borst-Tarrant
Murielle Borst-Tarrant (Kuna/Rappahannock) is a playwright, director, producer, cultural artist, educator, and human rights activist. Author of the fantasy series The Star Medicine, she studied at HB Studios and Spiderwoman Theater in New York City and is a graduate of Long Island University. She works on the deconstructing of methods of the arts in Native communities in urban areas in North America and in NYC’s education system. Borst-Tarrant is a 2020 recipient of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation National Playwright Residency Program.
Photo: Courtesy of the artist.
Mildred Ruiz-Sapp
Mildred Ruiz-Sapp is a co-founder/core member of Universes Theater Company. Playwriting/Acting credits include: AmericUS; Unison; Party People; Ameriville; The Denver Project; One Shot in Lotus Position; Blue Suite; Rhythmicity; Slanguage; The Ride, among others. Awards/Affiliations: 2023-2024 Astere E. Caleyssens Artist in Residence; 2020 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation National Playwright Residency Program recipient; and 2015 Doris Duke Performing Artist Award (Theatre), among others. Ruiz-Sapp received a BA in theater from Bard College. Member, Actors Equity Association.
Steven Sapp
Steven Sapp is a co-founder/core member of Universes Theater Company. Playwriting/Acting credits include: AmericUS; Unison; Party People; Ameriville; The Denver Project; One Shot in Lotus Position; Blue Suite; Rhythmicity; Slanguage; The Ride, among others. Awards/Affiliations: 2023-2024 Astere E. Caleyssens Artist in Residence; 2020 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation National Playwright Residency Program recipient; and 2015 Doris Duke Performing Artist Award (Theatre), among others. Sapp received a BA in theater from Bard College. Member, Actors Equity Association.
Safe Harbors, NYC
Safe Harbors focuses on the development and production of Native Theater and Performing Arts in New York City within the broader American theater; they combat stereotypes and support vibrant Native communities. They develop ongoing dialogue with Policymakers about the approach to cultural and socioeconomic issues using Theatrical performances, Performing Arts, Native Cultural Consultancy, panel discussions, and Cultural Events.
Spiderwoman Theater
The award-winning Spiderwoman Theater is the oldest, continually running, Native feminist theater company in the Americas and is situated in the NYC Indigenous and arts communities. Activism, self-determination, and storytelling are at the core of Spiderwoman’s programming, all rooted in an urban Indigenous sensibility. Live theater performance and production are the vehicles by which these core principles and values are shared with our communities and audiences. Since 1976, our body of work has addressed critical cultural, social, and political issues in the Indigenous and women’s communities. Our work is informed by traditional artistic expression, teachings, and values which bridge traditional cultural practice and Western theater sensibilities. The practice of creating our theater is “storyweaving”, where personal and traditional stories are layered with movement, text, sound, music, and visual images. This weaving of stories is the foundation upon which we build Spiderwoman productions and a framework for our training and outreach activities. www.spiderwomantheater.org
