25 plays from the Fire This Time Festival : a decade of recognition, resistance, resilience, rebirth, and black theater /
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| Imprint: | London : Methuen Drama, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2022. ©2022 |
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| Description: | viii, 191 pages ; 24 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12746478 |
Table of 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.
