{"product_id":"25-plays-from-the-fire-this-time-festival-9781350268104","title":"25 Plays from The Fire This Time Festival","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile the past decade proved to be some of the most tumultuous times in modern US history, the Black community has been resilient, opening up dialogues and sustaining advocacy. Nowhere has this been more apparent than at the Obie Award-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Fire This Time Festival\u003c\/i\u003e in New York City. Since being founded in 2009, this theater festival has become the destination for emerging and early career playwrights from the African diaspora. Inequality in education and healthcare, skewed and negative images of Black people in mainstream media, racism in policing, widespread gentrification and its effects on multi-generational Black neighbourhoods, and the growth of Black love; these conversations have been happening in the US, and \u003ci\u003eThe Fire This Time Festival\u003c\/i\u003e has borne witness.\u003ci\u003e25 Plays from The Fire This Time Festival: A Decade of Recognition, Resistance, Resilience, Rebirth, and Black Theater\u003c\/i\u003e reflects this fantastic legacy, containing 25 ten-minute plays originally produced\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- About the Festival and List of all playwrights from the past 11 Season - Foreword “The Privilege of Identity and Why I Founded The Fire This Time Festival  \u003cb\u003ePlay Sections\u003c\/b\u003e  1.Section 1: \u003ci\u003eVanna White, Brook Shields, and Beyonce: Beauty Standards and Self Acceptance in Black America\u003c\/i\u003e  Featuring Katori Hall’s \u003ci\u003eBeyonce Effect\u003c\/i\u003e, Derek Lee McPhatter’s \u003ci\u003eCitizen Jane\u003c\/i\u003e, Antoinette Nwandu’s \u003ci\u003eVanna White Has Got To Die\u003c\/i\u003e, and Roger Q. Mason’s \u003ci\u003eHard Palate\u003c\/i\u003e  2. Section 2: \u003ci\u003eThe Cost of Education: Confronting the Effects of Racial Disparity in America’s Education System\u003c\/i\u003e  Featuring Dominique Morisseau’s \u003ci\u003eThird Grade; \u003c\/i\u003eFransica Da Silviera’s \u003ci\u003escholarship babies; \u003c\/i\u003eand Tracey Conyer Lee’s \u003ci\u003ePoor Posturing\u003c\/i\u003e  3. Section 3: \u003ci\u003eThe Shots Heard Round The World: Policing Black Bodies in White America \u003c\/i\u003e Featuring C.A. Johnson's \u003ci\u003eThe Fucking World and Everything in It\u003c\/i\u003e; William Watkins' \u003ci\u003eBLACK WHITE \u0026amp; BLUE; \u003c\/i\u003eJordan E. Cooper's \u003ci\u003eAin't No Mo; \u003c\/i\u003eand Natyna Bean's \u003ci\u003eAssumed Positions\u003c\/i\u003e  4. Section 4:  \u003ci\u003eBirth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e: Contemplating the next generation in a complicated system\u003c\/i\u003e  Featuring Dennis A. Allen II’s \u003ci\u003eUntainted Wombs,\u003c\/i\u003e and Deneen Reynolds-Knott’s \u003ci\u003eAntepartum\u003c\/i\u003e  5. Section 5: \u003ci\u003eMaintaining Roots: Addressing Gentrification in Historically Black Neighborhoods\u003c\/i\u003e  Featuring Bernard Tarver's \u003ci\u003eJust Another Saturday in the Park \u003c\/i\u003eand Cyrus Aaron's \u003ci\u003ePanopticon\u003c\/i\u003e   6. Section 6: \u003ci\u003eThe Black Family: How We Thrive in the Face of Oppression\u003c\/i\u003e  Featuring Camille Darby’s \u003ci\u003eExodus; \u003c\/i\u003eMarcus Gardley’s \u003ci\u003eThe Sporting Life of Icarus Jones; \u003c\/i\u003eCharly Evon Simpson’s \u003ci\u003eThe House; \u003c\/i\u003eKendra Augustin’s \u003ci\u003eSisterhood in the Time of the Apocalypse; \u003c\/i\u003eand Samantha Godfrey’s \u003ci\u003eC.O.G.s. \u003c\/i\u003e  7. Section 7: \u003ci\u003eBlack Love: Why We Hope\u003c\/i\u003e  Featuring Jonathan Payne’s \u003ci\u003eThe Weatherin’; \u003c\/i\u003eTyler English-Beckwith’s \u003ci\u003eMaya and Rivers; \u003c\/i\u003eFredrica Bailey’s \u003ci\u003eLove and Happiness; \u003c\/i\u003eAngelica Cheri’s \u003ci\u003eSlow Gin Fits; \u003c\/i\u003eand Josh Wilder’s \u003ci\u003eGravity,\u003c\/i\u003e   The Fire This Time Creative Team","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407527846231,"sku":"9781350268104","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350268104.jpg?v=1730499677","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/25-plays-from-the-fire-this-time-festival-9781350268104","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}