| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 227 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
"Watch me work" : reflections on Suzan-Lori Parks and her canon / Philip C. Kolin and Harvey Young -- Interviews. Theater's vibrant new voice : Suzan-Lori Parks puts dreams into words--and invents a new language for the stage / Patti Hartigan -- The next stage : is playwright Suzan-Lori Parks the voice of the future? / Erika Munk -- Suzan-Lori Parks / Han Ong -- Alien nation : an interview with the playwright / Michelle Pearce -- Making history : Suzan-Lori Parks : the shape of the past / Tom Sellar -- For posterior's sake / Una Chaudhuri -- Adrienne Kennedy / Suzan-Lori Parks -- Interview with Suzan-Lori Parks / Shelby Jiggetts -- Love and war seen in black and white / Ronni Gordon -- Suzan-Lori Parks / David Savran -- A better mirror : an interview with the playwright / Kathy Sova -- An interview with Suzan-Lori Park at CalArts / Lisa Colletta -- The mythology of history, family and performance / Rick DesRochers -- A moment with ... Suzan-Lori Parks, playwright / John Marshall -- An interview with Suzan-Lori Parks and Bonnie Metzgar / Joseph Roach -- It's an Oberammergau thing : an interview with Suzan-Lori Parks / Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. -- An interview with Suzan-Lori Parks / Shawn-Marie Garrett -- Conversation with The book of Grace playwright/director Suzan-Lori Parks / Dave Steakley -- Commentaries. Remarks on Parks I : a Hunter College symposium on the work of Suzan-Lori Parks -- Remarks on Parks II : a Hunter College symposium on the work of Suzan-Lori Parks / Jonathan Kalb -- The birth of The death of the last Black man : recollections of the first staging / Beth Schachter -- An interview with director Liz Diamond / Philip C. Kolin -- Bonnie Metzgar on Suzan-Lori Parks / Harvey Young |
| Summary |
"This collection of interviews with and by Suzan-Lori Parks offers unprecedented insight into her work, method and dramaturgy, as well as being an important commentary on contemporary theater and playwriting, from jazz and opera to politics and cultural memory. Suzan-Lori Parks in Person contains 18 interviews, some previously untranscribed or specially undertaken for this book, as well as commentaries on her work by major directors and critics, including Liz Diamond, Richard Foreman and Leah Gardiner. These contributions combine to honor the first African American woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize in drama, and explore her ideas about theater, history, race, and gender. Material from a wide range of sources chronologically charts Parks' career from the 1990s to the present. This is a major collection with immediate relevance to students of American/African-American theater, literature and culture. Parks' engaging voice is brought to the fore throughout, making the book essential for undergraduates as well as scholars"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Parks, Suzan-Lori -- Interviews
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Parks, Suzan-Lori -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Parks, Suzan-Lori fast |
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Parks, Suzan-Lori 1964- gnd |
| Subject |
PERFORMING ARTS -- General.
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DRAMA -- American.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Interviews
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kolin, Philip C., editor
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Young, Harvey, 1975- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781136246630 |
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1136246630 |
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9780203103845 |
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020310384X |
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9781136246647 |
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1136246649 |
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9781136246593 |
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1136246592 |
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