After Trayvon Martin Case, New Black Fest Commissions Six New Works on Race, Privilege & More
In light of the recent State vs Zimmerman verdict, The New Black Fest has commissioned six playwrights to pen short plays on race and privilege in America.
The new initiative is called FACING OUR TRUTH: TEN-MINUTE PLAYS ON TRAYVON, RACE AND PRIVILEGE.
Playwrights Dominique Morisseau, Winter Miller, Dan O'Brien (with 2013 Grammy Winner Quetzal Flores), Marcus Gardley, Mona Mansour and Tala Manassah, and A. Rey Pamatmat will write plays that will hopefully incite serious discussion in our communities.
The plays will be ready in early September and the following theaters/institutions have already agreed to present:
ALLIANCE THEATRE (Atlanta)
Mark Taper Forum (Los Angeles)
Goodman Theater (Chicago)
Martin Segal Theater at CUNY Graduate Center (New York)
Centerstage (Baltimore)
Woolly Mammoth (Washington D.C.)
National Black Theatre (New York)
Lookingglass Theatre (Chicago)
African Continuum Theatre (Washington D.C.)
Epic Theatre Ensemble (New York)
Hansberry Project (Seattle)
and the list is growing....
For more information, contact TNBF Artistic Director Keith Josef Adkins at newblackfestival@gmail.com Please visit website thenewblackfest.org and donate to help pay the playwrights for their work.
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