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Title Tarell Alvin McCraney : Theater, Performance, and Collaboration / Edited by Sharrell D. Luckett, David Román, and Isaiah Matthew Wooden
Published Chicago : Northwestern University Press, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (271 pages)
Summary This is the first book to dedicate scholarly attention to the work of Tarell Alvin McCraney, one of the most significant writers and theater-makers of the twenty-first century. Featuring essays, interviews, and commentaries by scholars and artists who span generations, geographies, and areas of interest, the volume examines McCraney's theatrical imagination, his singular writerly voice, his incisive cultural critiques, his stylistic and formal creativity, and his distinct personal and professional trajectories. Contributors consider McCraney's innovations as a playwright, adapter, director, performer, teacher, and collaborator, bringing fresh and diverse perspectives to their observations and analyses. In so doing, they expand and enrich the conversations on his much-celebrated and deeply resonant body of work, which includes the plays Choir Boy, Head of Passes, Ms. Blakk for President, The Breach, Wig Out!, and the critically acclaimed trilogy The Brother/Sister Plays: In the Red and Brown Water, The Brothers Size, and Marcus; Or the Secret of Sweet, as well as the Oscar Award-winning film Moonlight, which was based on his play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject McCraney, Tarell Alvin -- Criticism and interpretation
McCraney, Tarell Alvin -- Dramatic production
American drama -- 21st century -- History and criticism
African American dramatists.
African American dramatists
American drama
Theater
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Luckett, Sharrell D., editor.
Román, David, 1959- editor.
Wooden, Isaiah Matthew, editor.
Alexander, Bryant Keith, 1963- author.
O'Hara, Robert, 1970- contributor.
Nigh, Katherine, contributor
Murillo, Carlos, contributor.
McCune, Jeffrey Q., Jr., contributor.
Maley, Patrick, 1981- contributor.
Landau, Tina, contributor.
ISBN 9780810141964
0810141965