Madeline (Maddie) Easley is an NYC-based, Native American playwright, dramaturg, and cultural organizer.

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Born in Kansas City, Madeline is a citizen of the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma. Her work tells epic stories to provide a framework for living in decolonial futures. Madeline is a 2025-2027 Venturous Playwrighting Fellow in partnership with Soho Rep and the Playwrights Center. She is also a 2025 First Peoples Performing Arts Fellow, a 2025 AICH Governor's Island Artist-In-Residence, the inaugural Four Directions Playwright in 2023, a 2022 Resident at SPACE on Ryder Farm, and a 2021 First Peoples Fund Cultural Capital Fellow. Her plays and films have been presented at the Kansas City Repertory Theater (KCREP), Native Voices at the Autry, Rattlestick Theater, the American Indian Community House (AICH), REACH at the Kennedy Center, the TCL Chinese Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, and more. Represented by Chris Till - Paradigm Talent Agency.