Best Black Plays 2003-2006 - The Theodore Ward Prize for African American Playwriting

Klappentext Showcases the three recent winners of the Theodore Ward Prize and includes the contest guidelines and list of first-place winners. Zusammenfassung The Theodore Ward Prize has! over the years! offered a rich reflection of the accomplishments of the established black playwrights and their importance in shaping theater. This work showcases three winners of the Theodore Ward Prize - plays that! in their quality! aptly represent what is being produced by African American playwrights and theaters.

About the author

Chuck Smith is a resident director at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, where his productions have included The Story, Proof, The Death of Bessie Smith, The Gift Horse, The Amen Corner, A Raisin in the Sun, Blues for an Alabama Sky, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, A Christmas Carol, and The Meeting. Smith is also a faculty member in the Theater Department of Columbia College, Chicago. He is the editor of Seven Black Plays: The Theodore Ward Prize for African American Playwriting (Northwestern, 2004).

Product details

• Authors: Chuck Smith, SMITH CHUCK
• Assisted by: Chuck Smith (Editor)
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.07.2007
• EAN: 9780810123908
• ISBN: 978-0-8101-2390-8
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama