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'Post-black' refers to an emerging trend within black arts to find
new and multiple expressions of blackness, unburdened by the social
and cultural expectations of blackness of the past and moving
beyond the conventional binary of black and white. Reflecting this
multiplicity of perspectives, the plays in this collection explode
the traditional ways of representing black families on the American
stage, and create new means to consider the interplay of race, with
questions of class, gender, and sexuality. They engage and critique
current definitions of black and African-American identity, as well
as previous limitations placed on what constitutes blackness and
black theatre. Written by the emerging stars of American theatre
such as Eisa Davis and Marcus Gardley, the plays explore themes as
varied as family and individuality, alienation and gentrification,
and reconciliation and belonging. They demonstrate a wide-range of
formal and structural innovations for the American theatre, and
reflect the important ways in which contemporary playwrights are
expanding the American dramatic canon with new and diverse means of
representation. Edited by two leading US scholars in black drama,
Harry J. Elam Jr (Stanford) and Douglas A. Jones Jr (Princeton),
this cutting edge anthology gathers together some of the most
exciting new American plays, selected by a rigorous academic
backbone and explored in depth by supporting critical material.
The Chicago Landmark Project chronicles all twelve short plays
produced by Theatre Seven of Chicago as part of a World Premiere
theatrical event paying tribute to the people and places of the
Windy City. Using distinct locations in zip codes from Rogers Park
to the South Side, The Chicago Landmark Project offers twelve
diverse snapshots of Chicago life from present day to the distant
past. From famous landmarks like Navy Pier to only-in-Chicago
places like the Logan Square Farmers Market and Riverview Amusement
Park, The Chicago Landmark Project uses location to create an
emotional geography of life by the lake. ..".as good a portrait of
the diversity of this city as you can currently find." - Chris
Jones, Chicago Tribune ..".this Landmark Project should
unquestionably become an annual event." - Hedy Weiss, Chicago
Sun-Times
5 of the US's top female writers remix 5 classical plays by women.
No Holds Barred in this volume from the 2011 Alcyone Festival at
Halcyon Theatre in Chicago. Botoxed hipsters, invented savages,
missing nuns, love's treason and Harriet Tubman-these plays put a
new spin on overlooked classics. Featuring new works by: J. Nicole
Brooks, Jennifer Fawcett, EM Lewis, Coya Paz and Caridad Svich
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