'American Slavery Project' Focuses on Black Playwrights - NYTimes.com
In this sesquicentennial year of the Civil War, the New Black Fest — which aims to showcase innovative black playwrights — and 651 Arts have teamed up for “the American Slavery Project.” Set to begin on March 7 at the CAP 21 Theater with “Fast Blood,” Judy Tate’s play about an enslaved couple who find a man hanging from a tree and barely alive, the project is a free reading series to highlight the work of black playwrights who explore issues of slavery and the Civil War.
In this sesquicentennial year of the Civil War, the New Black Fest — which aims to showcase innovative black playwrights — and 651 Arts have teamed up for “the American Slavery Project.” Set to begin on March 7 at the CAP 21 Theater with “Fast Blood,” Judy Tate’s play about an enslaved couple who find a man hanging from a tree and barely alive, the project is a free reading series to highlight the work of black playwrights who explore issues of slavery and the Civil War.
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