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Subject(s)

• American drama—21st century [Browse]
• African Americans—Drama [Browse]
• African Americans—Social conditions—Drama [Browse]
• American drama—African American authors [Browse]

Editor

• Girod, Kelley Nicole [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Drama [Browse]

Summary note

"25 Plays from The Fire This Time Festival: A Decade of Recognition, Resistance, Resilience, Rebirth, and Black Theater reflects this fantastic legacy, containing 25 ten-minute plays originally produced by the eponymous festival. Together, these pieces bookend the Black experience in the US from 2009 to the present day: from the hope for further progress and equity under the Obama administration, to the existential threat faced by Black people under the Trump presidency." -- From publisher's description.

Contents

• A history of the fire this time festival
• Foreword: “The privilege of identity and why I founded the fire this time festival
• Play sections
• Section 1: Beauty standards and self acceptance in Black America / Vanna White, Brook Shields and Beyonce
• Foreword / Jocelyn Bioh
• Beyonce effect / Katori Hall
• Citizen Jane / Derek Lee Mcphatter
• Vanna White has got to die / Antoinette Nwandu
• Pard palate / Roger Q. Mason
• Section 2: The cost of education: Confronting the effects of racial disparity in America's education system
• Foreword / Cynthia G. Robinson
• Third grade / Dominique Morisseau
• Scholarship babies / Francisca Da Silveira
• Poor posturing / Tracey Conyer Lee
• Section 3: The shots heard round the world: Policing Black bodies in White America
• Foreword / Nia Witherspoon
• The fucking world and everything in it / C.A. Johnson
• Black white & blue / William Watkins; Ain't no mo / Jordan E. Cooper
• Assumed positions / Natyna Bean
• Section 4: Birth: Contemplating the next generation in a complicated system
• Foreword / Stacey Rose
• Untainted wombs / Dennis A. Allen II
• Antepartum / Deneen Reynolds-Knott
• Section 5: Maintaining roots: Addressing gentrification in historically Black neighborhoods
• Foreword / Michelle Tyrene Johnson
• Just another Saturday in the park / Bernard Tarver
• Panopticon / Cyrus Aaron'
• Section 6: The Black family: How we thrive in the face of oppression
• Exodus / Camille Darby
• The sporting life of Icarus Jones / Marcus Gardley
• The house / Charly Evon Simpson
• Sisterhood in the time of the apocalypse / Kendra Augustin's
• C.O.G.s. / Samantha Godfrey's
• Section 7: Black love: Why we hope
• Foreword / Julienne Hairston
• The weather in' / Jonathan Payne
• Slow gin fits / Angelica Chéri
• Love and happiness: Ada’s story / Fredrica Bailey
• Gravity / Josh Wilder
• Maya and rivers / Tyler English-Beckwith
• The fire this time creative team.

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Other title(s)

Twenty-five plays from the Fire This Time Festival

ISBN

• 9781350268111 ((hardcover))
• 1350268119 ((hardcover))
• 9781350268104 ((paperback))
• 1350268100 ((paperback))

LCCN

2020415537

OCLC

1289275890

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