The Methuen Drama Book of Post-Black Plays
Bulrusher; Good Goods; The Shipment; Satellites; And Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi; Antebellum; In the Continuum; Black Diamond
Eisa Davis, Christina Anderson, Marcus Gardley, Robert O'Hara, J. Nicole Brooks, Nikkole Salter, Danai Gurira, Diana Son, Young Jean Lee, Harry J. Elam, Jr., Douglas A. Jones, Jr., Harry J. Elam, Jr., Douglas A. Jones, Jr.
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The Methuen Drama Book of Post-Black Plays
Bulrusher; Good Goods; The Shipment; Satellites; And Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi; Antebellum; In the Continuum; Black Diamond
Eisa Davis, Christina Anderson, Marcus Gardley, Robert O'Hara, J. Nicole Brooks, Nikkole Salter, Danai Gurira, Diana Son, Young Jean Lee, Harry J. Elam, Jr., Douglas A. Jones, Jr., Harry J. Elam, Jr., Douglas A. Jones, Jr.
About This Book
'Post-black' refers to an emerging trend within black arts to find new and multiple expressions of blackness, unburdened by the social and cultural expectations of blackness of the past and moving beyond the conventional binary of black and white. Reflecting this multiplicity of perspectives, the plays in this collection explode the traditional ways of representing black families on the American stage, and create new means to consider the interplay of race, with questions of class, gender, and sexuality. They engage and critique current definitions of black and African-American identity, as well as previous limitations placed on what constitutes blackness and black theatre. Written by the emerging stars of American theatre such as Eisa Davis and Marcus Gardley, the plays explore themes as varied as family and individuality, alienation and gentrification, and reconciliation and belonging. They demonstrate a wide-range of formal and structural innovations for the American theatre, and reflect the important ways in which contemporary playwrights are expanding the American dramatic canon with new and diverse means of representation. Edited by two leading US scholars in black drama, Harry J. Elam Jr (Stanford) and Douglas A. Jones Jr (Princeton), this cutting edge anthology gathers together some of the most exciting new American plays, selected by a rigorous academic backbone and explored in depth by supporting critical material.
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Section I
The New Black Family
Bulrusher
Cast
Bulrusher | Zabryna Guevara/Donna Duplantier |
Madame | Charlotte Colavin |
Logger | Guiesseppe Jones |
Schoolch | Peter Bradbury/Darrill Rosen |
Boy | Robert Beitzel |
Vera | Tinashe Kajese |
Scenic Design and Video/Projection Design | Dustin OāNeill |
Lighting Design | Sarah Sidman |
Costume Design | Kimberly Ann Glennon |
Sound Design | Jill BC DuBoff |
Choreography | Jennifer Harrison Newman |
Fight Choreography | Denise Hurd |
Stage Management and Board Op | Jana Llynn, Leisah Swenson, Sonia Koslova, Holly M. Kirk |
Assistant Stage Manager | Stephen Riscica |
Assistant Director | Ronald Francis Brescio |
Characters
Setting
Notes
Act One
this cold water a thin, foul milk.
gave me to the green of the Navarro,
named me silence. She prays
and will never turn back
her secret skin, the mark
Forgiveness is an insect
that may one day draw my blood.
defying the fogās quiet shroud. What is
a motherless daughter but pure will?
With a sharp bank through high shams,
I am born into a new language.