Holy Ground : The National Black Theatre Festival Anthology
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| Title: | Holy Ground : The National Black Theatre Festival Anthology |
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| Description: | This new collection brings together plays and monologues from the National Black Theatre Festival, one of the most historic and culturally significant events—not only in the history of Black theater but in American theater. Held every two years in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, this gathering of Black theater companies and artists from around the country and across the globe features an extraordinary array of performances, workshops, films, spoken-word poetry, and more. Established in 1989 by Larry Leon Hamlin and the North Carolina Black Repertory Company, this volume includes three full-length plays produced at the Festival:Maid's Door by Cheryl L. DavisBerta, Berta by Angelica ChériLooking for Leroy by Larry MuhammadThis collection also includes seventeen monologues and scenes selected from each year of the Festival, featuring the artists and playwrights: Jackie Alexander, Ifa Bayeza, Pearl Cleage, Kamilah Forbes, Endesha Ida Mae Holland, Javon Johnson, Rhodessa Jones, and others. |
| Authors: | Endesha Ida Mae Holland, Idris Ackamoor, Rhodessa Jones, Nora Cole, Pepe Carril, Pearl Cleage, Roger Furman, Kamilah Forbes, Yvette Heyliger, Dr. John Shévin Foster, Ted Lange, Cynthia Grace Robinson, Jackie Alexander, Ifa Bayeza, Dennis A. Allen II, Dr. E. Patrick Johnson, Javon Johnson, Janet Langhart Cohen, Cheryl L. Davis, Angelica Chéri, Larry Muhammad, Michael Dinwiddie |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Drama--21st century, Drama--20th century, Drama--Black authors |
| Categories: | DRAMA / American / African American & Black, DRAMA / Anthologies (multiple authors), DRAMA / Subjects & Themes / Diversity & Multicultural |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | This new collection brings together plays and monologues from the National Black Theatre Festival, one of the most historic and culturally significant events—not only in the history of Black theater but in American theater. Held every two years in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, this gathering of Black theater companies and artists from around the country and across the globe features an extraordinary array of performances, workshops, films, spoken-word poetry, and more. Established in 1989 by Larry Leon Hamlin and the North Carolina Black Repertory Company, this volume includes three full-length plays produced at the Festival:Maid's Door by Cheryl L. DavisBerta, Berta by Angelica ChériLooking for Leroy by Larry MuhammadThis collection also includes seventeen monologues and scenes selected from each year of the Festival, featuring the artists and playwrights: Jackie Alexander, Ifa Bayeza, Pearl Cleage, Kamilah Forbes, Endesha Ida Mae Holland, Javon Johnson, Rhodessa Jones, and others. |
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| ISBN: | 9781636700038 9781636700045 |
