Black Women Playwrights
Interviews
A Voice to Be Reckoned With features interviews with five African-American women playwrights, including the author of Poof! Lynn Nottage. Here are the full transcripts of their interviews.
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Lynn Nottage
Nottage, the author of Poof!, discusses the genesis of the play and provides background on her other plays
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Kirsten Childs
Childs, who grew up in L.A., talks about her path to playwriting, a journey that began with a part in Chicago
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Kia Corthron
Corthron discusses her plays, which have been produced in New York, Chicago, and London
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Dael Orlandersmith
A poet, actor and playwright, Orlandersmith talks about the sources of her writing
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Regina Taylor
Taylor, star of I'll Fly Away, talks about her "other" career as a writer