Flying Bird’s Diary

Long Wharf Theater, 222 Sargent Dr., New Haven.

A lot of Connecticut theaters do preshow speeches about how their buildings stand on land taken from indigenous peoples. Some theaters take it further. The Long

Wharf is presenting a reading about a legendary member of the Mohegan tribe. It’s written by tribal member Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel and directed by her daughter Madeline Sayet, an internationally known theater talent who also serves as executive director of the Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program. There are three performances, Oct. 22 at 2 and 8 p.m. and Oct. 23 at 2 p.m. $35, $10 students. It’s the last scheduled event at the Long Wharf ’s longtime home at 222 Sargent Drive in New Haven. longwharf.org.

Christopher Arnott can be reached at carnott@ courant.com.