Best black plays : the Theodore Ward Prize for African American Playwriting / edited by Chuck Smith ; foreword by Woodie King, Jr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smith, Chuck, 1938-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American drama--African American authors.

American drama.

African Americans--Drama.

African Americans.

Genre:

Drama.

Physical Description:

x, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, 2007.

Summary:

Over its twenty-year history, the Theodore Ward Prize for African American Playwriting has offered a rich reflection of the accomplishments of black playwrights and their importance in shaping contemporary theater. This volume showcases three recent winners of the Theodore Ward Prize: Leslie Lee's Sundown Names and Night-Gone Things tells of the sordid shenanigans of a Depression-era burial society; Mark Clayton Southers's Ma Noah recounts a mother's heartbreaking battle to save her children's souls; and Kim Euell's The Diva Daughters DuPree shares the poignant and achingly funny reunion of three sisters after their parents' deaths. Selected for this volume by the contest facilitator, Chuck Smith, these compelling plays, in their distinctive quality and dynamic subject matter, answer an important demand for African American dramatic work today.

Contents:

Sundown names and night-gone things / Leslie Lee

Ma Noah / Mark Clayton Southers

The diva daughters DuPree / Kim Euell

Afterword / Chuck Smith.

Contains:

Lee, Leslie, 1944- Sundown names and night-gone things.

Southers, Mark Clayton. Ma Noah.

Euell, Kim. Diva daughters Dupree.

Sundown names and night-gone things.

Ma Noah.

Diva daughters Dupree.

ISBN:

9780810123908

0810123908

OCLC:

83977489