{"product_id":"holy-ground-the-national-black-theatre-festival-anthology-paperback","title":"Holy Ground: The National Black Theatre Festival Anthology - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Dinwiddie\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJackie Alexander\u003c\/b\u003e (Preface by), \u003cb\u003eMaya Angelou\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new collection brings together plays and monologues from the National Black Theatre Festival, one of the most historic and culturally significant events--not only in the history of Black theater but in American theater. Held every two years in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, this gathering of Black theater companies and artists from around the country and across the globe features an extraordinary array of performances, workshops, films, spoken-word poetry, and more. Established in 1989 by Larry Leon Hamlin and the North Carolina Black Repertory Company, this volume includes three full-length plays produced at the Festival: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaid's Door\u003c\/i\u003e by\u003cbr\u003eCheryl L. Davis \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBerta, Berta\u003c\/i\u003e by\u003cbr\u003eAngelica Chéri \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLooking for Leroy\u003c\/i\u003e by Larry Muhammad \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis collection also includes seventeen monologues and scenes selected from each year of the Festival, featuring the artists and playwrights: Jackie Alexander, Ifa Bayeza, Pearl Cleage, Kamilah Forbes, Endesha Ida Mae Holland, Javon Johnson, Rhodessa Jones, and others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Dinwiddie\u003c\/strong\u003e is a professor at New York University. A dramatist whose works have been produced in New York, regional, and educational theater, he has been playwright-in-residence at Michigan State University and St. Louis University and taught writing courses at the College of New Rochelle, Florida A\u0026amp;M University, SUNY Stony Brook, California State University at San Bernardino, and Universidad de Palermo in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He spent a year at Touchstone Pictures as a Walt Disney Fellow and worked as a staff writer on ABC-TV's \u003cem\u003eHangin' with Mr. Cooper\u003c\/em\u003e. He was awarded a 1995 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Playwriting. Professor Dinwiddie received a 2005 NYU Distinguished Teaching Award in recognition of exceptional teaching inside and outside of the classroom setting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 30, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47462925041842,"sku":"9781636700038","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/c7a6d656a52c9b2d786b9ada5bd33309.webp?v=1778978739","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/holy-ground-the-national-black-theatre-festival-anthology-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}