"An exhilarating, multi-layered new play." The Guardian "Stirring and stylishly told . . . McCraney's crispest and most confident work." Daily News "Greatly affecting. . . . It takes a brave writer to set his language against the plaintive beauty of the hymns and spirituals . . . but McCraney's speech holds its own, locating poetry even in casual vernacular and again demonstrating his gift for simile and metaphor." The Village Voice The Charles R. Drew Prep School for Boys is dedicated to the...
One of the few books of its kind, Acting Up and Getting Down brings together seven African American literary voices that all have a connection to the Lone Star state. Covering Texas themes and universal ones, this collection showcases often-overlooked literary talents to bring to life inspiring facets of black theatre history. Capturing the intensity of racial violence in Texas, from the Battle of San Jacinto to a World War I-era riot at a Houston training ground, Celeste Bedford Walker's Camp L...
Welcome to Miami. Home of the nation's most notorious Haitian organization... It's where Low and Rob, inner city teens from Lil Haiti, Florida, are small-time car thieves. They take part in an organized huge payout-carjacking scheme. Low and Rob do whatever is necessary to complete the deal, including stealing and committing murder. After attaining the required cars, Low and Rob cashes in, but not before Rob gets shot in the head. With a huge payoff, and his best friend out of commission, steali...