Hanay Geiogamah (born 1945) is a Native American playwright, television and movie producer, and artistic director.
[1] In late 1971, Geiogamah formed a theater company at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York City's East Village.
La MaMa was the first all-Native repertory theater company in the country and changed its name to the Native American Theatre Ensemble in 1973 because "too many non-Indians who approached us during [our] tours [and] after performances … seemed unable to understand that we were real people, really alive and breathing, and that we were certified residents of the United States of America.
[11] In 1990, the company was featured in PBS' Great Performances in the segment "The American Indian Dance Theater: Finding the Circle".
The New York Times praised the performance saying that the "hallmark of this company is its authenticity" with "serious artists conveying basic facts of their lives and cultures.
Geiogamah served as producer and co-producer for the TBS multimedia project, The Native Americans: Behind the Legends, Beyond the Myths, aired on TNT from 1993 to 1996.
Geiogamah was co-producer on "The Broken Chain", which told the story of the Iroquois Confederacy during colonial times, and also for "Geronimo" (executive produced by Norman Jewison).