1n2ian ("Indian") at Rodey Theatre Photos

Playwright Jay B. Muskett is a Navajo writer, director and occasional thespian from Nakaibitoi New Mexico, located on the Navajo Nation. He is a graduate from Pima Community College in Tucson Arizona and the University of New Mexico, having earned two bachelor's in Media Arts and Theatre. Among the performances on stage, Muskett also co-directed the short film, Yes is Better than No, which was an American Indian Film Festival selection in 2008. More recently his plays, Sheepherder's Special premiered at the New Native Theatre in Minnesota in 2017 and Dance at the Autry in Los Angeles and La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego in 2016. He is currently an adjunct faculty member for the Performing Arts Department at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Photo bt Pat Berrett)