Neighbors
By: Branden Jacob-Jenkins
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London]
Language: eng
Other titles: American next wave.
Description: Richard Patterson is not happy. The family of black actors that has moved in next door is rowdy, tacky, shameless, and uncouth. And they are not just invading his neighbourhood - they are infiltrating his family, his sanity, and his entirely post-racial lifestyle. 'Neighbors' is a wildly theatrical, explosive comedy on race, using minstrelsy both to explore the history of black theatre and to confront tensions in 'post-racial' America. It was first presented in the UK as a reading at the High Tide Festival in Halesworth, Suffolk, in 2012, before returning to the festival in a full production the following year.
Notes: Previously issued in print: in American next wave. London: Methuen Drama, 2012.