Indian Princesses

JUN – JUL 2025 | Mandell Weiss Forum

By Eliana Theologides Rodriguez | Directed by Miranda Cornell

In the summer of 2008, five young girls of color and their white fathers show up at a community center. With emotions ranging from excited to downright suspicious, some are more ready than others to embark on this adventurous father-daughter bonding program. Over their time as the “Winnebago Tribe”, the fathers and daughters navigate the joy and confusion of childhood amidst myriad challenges: burgeoning friendships, unfulfilled crushes, intergenerational struggles, grief, financial insecurity and the frustration of not being seen for who you truly are.

Eliana Theologides Rodriguez is an exhilarating new voice whose work centers on young women. Indian Princesses is based on a real-life father-daughter YMCA program she participated in as a child – which still exists today under different names.

Both laugh-out-loud funny and delicately tender, this delightful new play delves into the quirky, messy and magical moments of growing up, while exploring the complexities of race, heritage and family.

 
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