Apologies to Lorraine Hansberry

Name: Apologies to Lorraine Hansberry
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ISBN: 9780300261462

You too, August Wilson

Rachel Lynett, Paula Vogel

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Yale University Press
10 January 2023

Plays & playscripts; Gender studies: women; Black & Asian studies

Series: Yale Drama Series

The fourteenth winner of the Yale Drama Series prize explores “Blackness” and the reasons why joy and peace might be harder to get than we think

What does it mean to be safe when you’re a person of color in the United States? If you were given the chance to leave and create a utopia, would you? Is utopia possible with all of our subconscious bias?

The fourteenth winner of the Yale Drama Series prize, this highly satirical and funny play is set in the fictional world following a second Civil War. Bronx Bay, an all-Black state (and neighborhood), is established in order to protect “Blackness.” As Jules’s new partner, Yael, moves into town, community members argue over whether Yael, who is Dominican, can stay. Questions of safety and protection surround both Jules and Yael as the utopia of Bronx Bay confronts within itself where the line is when it comes to defining who is Black and who gets left out in the process.

By: Rachel Lynett
Foreword by: Paula Vogel
Imprint: Yale University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 7mm
ISBN: 9780300261462
ISBN 10: 0300261462
Series: Yale Drama Series
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 10 January 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rachel Lynett is a queer Afro-Latine playwright, producer, and teaching artist. Their plays Last Night and HE DID IT made the 2020 Kilroy’s List and they received the 2021 National Latinx Playwriting award for their play Black Mexican. They live in Minneapolis, MN.

Reviews for Apologies to Lorraine Hansberry (You too, August Wilson)

A metafictional meditation on Blackness . . . selected as the winner of the 2021 Yale Drama Series Prize, one of the most prestigious awards for playwrights. -Sarah Bahr, New York Times A metafictional meditation on Blackness . . . selected as the winner of the 2021 Yale Drama Series Prize, one of the most prestigious awards for playwrights. -Sarah Bahr, New York Times -- Sarah Bahr * New York Times *