Hurt Village
By: by Katori Hall
Edition: Acting edition
Publisher: Dramatist's Play Service
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 81
ISBN-13: 9780822226833
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: African Americans; Drama; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Veterans
Description: "It's the end of a long summer in Hurt Village, a housing project in Memphis, Tennessee. A government Hope Grant means relocation for many of the project's residents, including Cookie, a thirteen-year-old aspiring rapper, along with her mother, Crank, and great-grandmother, Big Mama. As the family prepares to move, Cookie's father, Buggy, unexpectedly returns from a tour of duty in Iraq. Ravaged by the war, Buggy struggles to find a position in his disintegrating community, along with a place in his daughter's wounded heart."--Publisher description.
Notes: Winner of the 2011 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.