Created and produced by We Are the Seeds, this developing Indigenous-led theatrical work examines the myths and memories that have shaped Philadelphia's founding story. Beginning with Benjamin West's painting of William Penn's Treaty with the Lenape people, the work explores the distance between Indigenous histories and the stories that have come to define Philadelphia's founding.

Through theater, visual art, film, and historical inquiry, this situation centers Indigenous perspectives in a history long shaped and told through the lens of settler colonialism.

Co-directed by Michelle St. John and Zachariah Julian

Written by Tailinh Agoyo, Nicholson Billey, Gregory Cruz, Michelle St. John, and Zachariah Julian

Produced by Tailinh Agoyo, Zachariah Julian, Michelle St. John

Staged Reading | 45 minutes

By invitation only. Tickets to the June 2027 workshop production will be available to the public.

this situation has been supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.