Contemporary Plays by African American Women: Ten Complete Works

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African American women have an increasing number of begun to peer their plays performed from regional stages to Broadway. Yet many of those artists still struggle to achieve attention. On this volume, Sandra Adell draws from the important wellspring of works created by African American women within the twenty-first century to give ten plays by both prominent and up-and-coming writers. Taken together, the choices portray how these women engage with history as they delve into–and shake up–issues of gender and class to craft compelling stories of African American life. Gliding from gritty urbanism to rural landscapes, these works expand boundaries and boldly disrupt modes of theatrical representation. Selections: Blue Door , by Tanya Barfield; Levee James , by S. M. Shephard-Massat; Hoodoo Love , by Katori Hall; Carnaval , by Nikkole Salter; Single Black Female , by Lisa B. Thompson; Fabulation, or The Re-Education of Undine , by Lynn Nottage; BlackTop Sky , by Christina Anderson; Voyeurs de Venus , by Lydia Diamond; Fedra , by J. Nicole Brooks; and Uppa Creek: A Up to date Anachronistic Parody within the Minstrel Tradition , by Keli Garrett.

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