This week the work and style of African-American Playwrights were highlighted. The last playwright that I am highlighting is Adrienne Kennedy. Adrienne Kennedy is an African-American playwright and was a key figure in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960's and 1970's. She is best known for her first major play Funnyhouse of a Negro. Many of Kennedy's plays explore … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: African-American Playwrights
African-American Playwrights
Friday Open Thread: African-American Playwrights
This whole week has highlighted the works of African-American Playwrights. Douglas Turner Ward (b. 1930) is dramatist, actor, director, and producer. Since the 1960s, the African American dramatic literature and aesthetic philosophy of Douglas Turner Ward have been highly influential. Guided by a burning desire to continue the legacy of W. E. B. Du Bois, Ward was determined … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: African-American Playwrights
Thursday Open Thread: African-American Playwrights
This week's open threads have highlighted the works of well known African-American Playwrights. In today's spotlight, Joseph A. Walker. Joseph Alexander Walker (1935–2003) was an African American playwright and screenwriter, theater director, actor and professor. He is best known for writing the play The River Niger, a three-act play that was originally … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: African-American Playwrights
Wednesday Open Thread: African-American Playwrights
Suzan-Lori Parks is the next playwright that will be highlighted. Suzan-Lori Parks (born 10 May 1963) is an African-American playwright and screenwriter. She received the MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Grant in 2001, and the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play Topdog/Underdog. Parks was born in Fort Knox, Kentucky into a military family. She spent part of her … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: African-American Playwrights
Tuesday Open Thread: African-American Playwrights
I will continue on with this week's theme highlighting the works of African-American Playwrights. Trey Ellis (born 1962) is an American novelist, screenwriter, professor, playwright, and essayist. He was born in Washington D.C. and graduated from Hopkins School and Phillips Academy, Andover, before attending Stanford University. His first novel, Platitudes, was published … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: African-American Playwrights