



Language is the Building Block of Thought: TED Talk, TED Conference, 2016 (Vancouver)
Sayet is an experienced educator, having engaged learners of all ages at universities, conferences, and workshops, internationally. If interested in setting up a class, lecture, or workshop, please email Madeline directly, using the contact form on the website.


Sayet as Guest Speaker at TCG Fall Forum on Governance: Culturemakers 2018
Articles and Interviews
Madeline is featured in the Dec 2018 Issue of National Geographic Magazine
Reclaiming Our Stories by Tristan Ahtone. December 2018 Issue of National Geographic
Madeline's work is a case study in "Creating a Freelance Career"
Creating a Freelance Career by Jill L. Ferguson (Chapter 2 - Case Study)
Going Global: Madeline Sayet Premieres Her One Woman Show in London
The Day
America's Obsession With Killing Indians Hasn't Died
by Madeline Sayet. High Country News
https://www.theday.com/article/20190505/ENT10/190509898
Cover Story for the April Issue of American Theatre Magazine
Native Women Rising
by Madeline Sayet
https://www.americantheatre.org/2018/03/20/native-women-rising/
One to Watch: Madeline Sayet is Making Waves as a Theater Director
The Day
Episode 145: Holy Sh*t Its Madeline Sayet!
No Holds Bard: Shakespeare Podcast
http://noholdsbard.libsyn.com/nhb-145-holy-sht-its-madeline-sayet
Dreaming Up Your Island
Radical Mischief Blog: Royal Shakespeare Company and the University of Birmingham
http://uobattop.tumblr.com/post/171797783275/dreaming-up-your-island-madeline-sayet
Finding a Rock and Gaining an Audience
Howlround 2017
Reimagining Shakespeare's Legacy with Madeline Sayet
Theatre History Podcast 2017
http://howlround.com/theatre-history-podcast-46-reimagining-shakespeare-s-legacy-with-madeline-sayet
You Ask Too Many Questions
The Lark, Stages of Resistance 2017
The Fantasy Shakespeare Season Draft 2017
No Holds Bard Podcast
Madeline competes in the No Holds Bard Podcast's first Fantasy Shakespeare Season Draft
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/noholdsbard/episodes/2017-02-22T00_20_39-08_00
Why Shakespeare Deserves a Native American Perspective
TED Fellows Blog 2016
https://fellowsblog.ted.com/why-shakespeare-deserves-a-native-american-perspective-fd5ab5ba556e
NEA Art Talk with Director Madeline Sayet
National Endowment for the Arts 2016
https://www.arts.gov/art-works/2016/art-talk-director-madeline-sayet
Theatre 101: On civility, risk, and the demonization of dissent
The Paris Review, Alison Kinney
The Fellowship of the TED: 20 Theatre Lessons from the 2016 TED Fellows
Howlround 2016
http://howlround.com/the-fellowship-of-the-ted-20-theatre-lessons-from-the-2016-ted-fellows
How Madeline Sayet is Transforming the Way We Think About Shakespeare
Mental Floss Magazine 2016
http://mentalfloss.com/article/79333/how-madeline-sayet-transforming-way-we-think-about-shakespeare
Blackface, Diversity, and Getting Opera Right in 2015
GOOD Magazine - Alison Kinney
http://magazine.good.is/articles/otello-blackface-glimmerglass-mohegan-magic-flute-opera
The Dreams We Make - TCG Circle
Audience Revolution Series 2015
A Fearless Flute: Madeline Sayet on Mozart's Die Zauberflote
Opera Think Tank 2015
http://operathinktank.blogspot.com/2015/03/a-fearless-flute-madeline-sayet-on.html
What Sort of Bridge Will You Build?
Howlround: Native Voices Week 2015
http://howlround.com/what-sort-of-bridge-will-you-build
Off Limits, Onstage
TCG Game Change 2015
http://www.tcgcircle.org/2015/06/off-limits-on-stage/
Rethinking the Rules
TCG Survive/Thrive 2014
http://www.tcgcircle.org/2014/07/rethinking-the-rules/
People You Should Know - Madeline Sayet
Visible Soul by Zack Calhoon 2014
http://zackcalhoon.blogspot.com/2014/09/people-you-should-know-madeline-sayet.html
A Beautiful Confusion - TCG Circle
Diversity and inclusion Series 2013
http://www.tcgcircle.org/2013/10/a-beautiful-confusion/
A Fierce and Acknowledged Representation - TCG Circle
Diversity and inclusion Series 2013
http://www.tcgcircle.org/2013/06/a-fierce-and-acknowledged-representation/
Past Lectures and Teaching Residencies (Select)
Keynote: "Ancestors in Unexpected Places" - Indigenous Mobilities Conference - Beyond the Spectacle, University of Kent
Keynote: Where Does the Story Meet the Earth - Shakespeare's Globe London - Shakespeare and the Climate Emergency Conference
Bodies and Borders - UC Santa Barbara
Indigenizing Shakespeare - Michigan State University
Adapting the Classics - Butler University (Semester Course)
Shakespeare - Old Globe MFA Program, University of San Diego (Semester Course)
Host for Telling Our Own Story - New York Public Radio - The Greene Space
Moderator for Shakespeare & Indigeneity - Arizona State University
Panelist for Theatre Roundtable - BIPOC Directors Collective
Panelist for Shakespeare's Heroines - Shakespeare Theatre Company
Panelist for Resisting Shakespeare - Cal Shakes
Panelist for Decolonizing New Play Development
Panelist for East West Players Artistic Leaders Roundtable
Panelist for Shakespeare and Colonialism - Oregon Shakespeare Festival's Why Shakespeare Series
Panelist and Facilitator for Stories, Sovereignty, and Imagining Forward - International Festival of Arts and Ideas (New Haven)
Directing Lab Mentor - National Theater Institute at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center
Visiting Libra Diversity Professor - University of Maine
Indigenous Shakespeares - Idyllwild Arts
Indigenous Shakespeares - University of South Dakota
What Does the Water Teach You? - United States Coast Guard Academy
Shakespeare and the Invitation - Keynote for the Utah Shakespeare Festival's Wooden O'Symposium
Not All Stories Come From Somewhere Else - Public Speaking Engagement for SHPO (State Historic Preservation Office, CT)
Directing Workshop - University of Maine
Directing Shakespeare - Kennedy Center (American College Theatre Festival)
Native Theater and Community Building - Tisch School of the Arts, Arts Politics Dept
Directing - Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University
Embodying Text - Shakespeare by the Sea (Newfoundland, Canada)
Breaking the Rules - BBYO International Convention 2017 (Dallas, Texas)
TED Conference 2016 (Vancouver, Canada)
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: Guest Lecturer for Music and Design Courses
University of East Anglia (UK): Who Gets to Laugh? Strength and Humiliation on the American Stage
Amherst College: Indigenous Shakespeares
Bard College: Indigenous Shakespeares
Amherst College - Panelist for the Five College Multicultural Theatre Conference
Hayground School - Diversity and Inclusion Residency - Teaching Identity and Respect to students 4-13 Through Devised Theatre
UMASS Boston - Indigenous Feminisms - Representations of Indigenous Women On Stage
New York University - Caliban
NAISA (Native American and Indigenous Studies Association) - Decolonizing the Savage Stage
New York University - The Tempest and The New World