Tarell Alvin McCraney: Theater, Performance, and Collaboration - Paperback

by Sharrell D. Luckett (Author)

This is the first book to dedicate scholarly attention to the work of Tarell Alvin McCraney, one of the most significant writers and theater-makers of the twenty-first century. Featuring essays, interviews, and commentaries by scholars and artists who span generations, geographies, and areas of interest, the volume examines McCraney's theatrical imagination, his singular writerly voice, his incisive cultural critiques, his stylistic and formal creativity, and his distinct personal and professional trajectories.

Contributors consider McCraney's innovations as a playwright, adapter, director, performer, teacher, and collaborator, bringing fresh and diverse perspectives to their observations and analyses. In so doing, they expand and enrich the conversations on his much-celebrated and deeply resonant body of work, which includes the plays Choir Boy, Head of Passes, Ms. Blakk for President, The Breach, Wig Out!, and the critically acclaimed trilogy The Brother/Sister Plays: In the Red and Brown Water, The Brothers Size, and Marcus; Or the Secret of Sweet, as well as the Oscar Award-winning film Moonlight, which was based on his play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue.

Author Biography

SHARRELL D. LUCKETT is the director of the Helen Weinberger Center for Drama and Playwriting and an associate professor of drama and performance studies at the University of Cincinnati. She is the lead editor of Black Acting Methods: Critical Approaches.

DAVID ROMÁN is a professor of English and American studies and ethnicity at the University of Southern California. He is the author of several books on American theater, including Performance in America: Contemporary U.S. Culture and the Performing Arts.

ISAIAH MATTHEW WOODEN is a director-dramaturg and an assistant professor of theater arts at Brandeis University.