Seven Black plays
Subtitle: the Theodore Ward Prize for African American Playwriting
By: edited by Chuck Smith ; with a foreword by August Wilson.
Contributors: Smith, Chuck, 1938-
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Evanston, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 496
Subjects: American drama -- African American authors; African Americans -- Drama
Genres: Drama.
Other titles: 7 Black plays
Description: "Seven Black Plays represents the multifarious experience being limned by African American playwrights today: a unique moment in the history of baseball's Negro Leagues; a working-class couple's confrontation with a neighborhood bully; a woman's memories of negotiating desegregation; young blacks coming of age amid the ravages of racism, child abuse, and AIDS. The Theodore Ward Prize for African American Playwriting, sponsored by Columbia College Chicago, annually recognizes the accomplishments of emerging and established black playwrights and their growing importance in shaping contemporary theater. This anthology, edited by director and educator Chuck Smith, the contest facilitator, showcases the best of the prizewinning plays and the evolution of African American drama."--BOOK JACKET.
Table of contents: title: The last season / Christopher Moore; title: Fathers and other strangers / Jeff Stetson; title: Jelly belly / Charles Smith; title: North star / Gloria Bond Clunie; title: Hambone / Javon Johnson; title: The gift horse / Lydia R. Diamond; title: Kiwi Black / Shepsu Aakhu.