Suzan-Lori Parks
· FacultyNew York University · Grad Acting
Active 1994–2018
Research topics
- Art
- History
- Visual arts
- Art history
- Geography
Selected publications
Imperceptible mutabilities : the last black man
2018-03-07
article1st authorCorresponding2016-01-01
other1st authorCorrespondingEncouraged by his stepmother to return home to South Texas, a young man reunites with his abusive father, unearthing an explosive combination of deep-seated passion and ambition. Described by Suzan-Lori Parks as a companion piece to her Pulitzer Prize-winning Topdog/Underdog, this fierc
2013-12-04
book-chapter1st authorCorrespondingMedical Entomology and Zoology · 2011-01-01
bookSenior author評伝 オーガスト・ウィルソン オーガスト・ウィルソン作品解説 戯曲『ラジオゴルフ』Radio Golf(2007) ヒル地区の中心、ワイリー一八三九番地のトポス 無上の悲劇作家—オーガスト・ウィルソン 没後のウィルソン劇の上演 評伝スーザン=ロリ・パークス スーザン=ロリ・パークス作品解説 戯曲『アメリカ・プレイ』The America Play(1994) スーザン=ロリ・パークス特別寄稿〔ほか〕
Multiple Characters, 365 Plays/365 Days: by Suzan-Lori Parks
2007-01-01
articleSenior authorMedical Entomology and Zoology · 2007-01-01
bookSenior author2006-01-01 · 2 citations
other1st authorCorrespondingOn November 13, 2002, the incomparable Suzan-Lori Parks got an idea to write a play every day for a year. She began that very day, finishing one year later. The result is an extraordinary testament to artistic commitment. This collection of 365 impeccably crafted pieces, each with its own distinctiv
Theatre Journal · 2005-12-01 · 15 citations
article1st authorCorresponding10 years after writing the essay "the equation for black people on stage" Im standing at the same crossroads asking the same questions. No sweat. Sometimes you can walk a hundred miles and end up in the same spot. The world ain't round for nothing, right? What is a black play? The definition is housed in the reality of two things that occurred recently and almost simultaneously: 26 August 05, playwright scholar poet-king August Wilson announces he is dying of cancer, and hurricane Katrina devastates the Gulf Coast. It feels like judgment day. What Im talking about today is the same and different. I was tidy back then. And now Im tidier. Tidier today like a tidal wave. What is a black play? A black play is angry. A black play is fierce. A black play is double voiced but rarely confused. A black play got style. A black play is of the people by the people and for the people. A black play is smooth but not slick, heavy but not thick, cant be tamed, often does not comb its hair, wipes its mouth with the back of its black hand or with a linen napkin whichever is more readily available. A black play is late. A black play is RIGHT ON and RIGHT ON TIME. A black play is deep. A black play is armed / to the teeth. A black play bows to god then rows the boat ashore. A black play makes do if it got to / fights / screams / sings / dreams / WORKS IT / talks in code and tells it like it is ALL UP IN YA FACE. A black play gives you five. [End Page 576] A black play is robust and alive. A black play is in the house and looking good, too. A black play is bad motherfucker. A black play does not exist. Every play is a black play. SAY WHAT? A black play is a white play when the lights go out. A black play is a white play when you read between the lines. A black play got its picture on the wall of your local post office. A black play got its butt on death row for a crime it perhaps did not commit. A black play got its black butt in the whitehouse, seated at the right hand of the man. A black play keeps you up at night. A black play is awake. A black play gonna kick your ass. A black play has genitals that people think about long after curtain comes down. A black play is running for president. A black play gotta get out the vote. A black play is a leader, but seldom an elected official. A black play as a child wondered why, if Jesse Owens won all them gold medals, then how come a black man couldn't beat a white man in a presidential race? A black play is in the streets. A black play aint no negro. A black play is a nigger. A black play is buck wild. A black play is mixed. A black play is on broadway, the great white way. A black play is not on broadway, and furthermore, aint studying no broadway. A black play is coming soon to a theatre near you. A black play got a fro. A black play know the know. A black play go toe to toe, all the way out the do. [End Page 577] A black play gonna burn that m-f down, Monday-Friday and twice on the weekends. A black play is chronic. A black play takes into account that pollsters have found that black folks dont attend the theatres in numbers large enough to influence the selection of plays produced. A black play is very intellectual. A black play has studied, conducts discourse, and, on certain days of the week, can be found living in the big house of tradition. A black play got a mission. A black play dreams the impossible dream. A black play is...
Getting Mother's Body: A Novel
Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew) · 2003-01-01 · 2 citations
book1st authorCorrespondingLearning that a company plans to dig up the area where her mother is buried, supposedly with a cache of jewels, Billy Beede, poor and pregnant, heads for Arizona to rescue her mother's body and search for the jewels that could bring her a new life
The Women s Review of Books · 2003-09-01
articleSenior author
Frequent coauthors
- 2 shared
David J. DeRose
- 1 shared
Ellen Beckerman
- 1 shared
Steven Drukman
- 1 shared
Nathaniel Hawthorne
- 1 shared
Shelby Jiggetts
- 1 shared
August Wilson
- 1 shared
E. Graff
Tel Aviv University
- 1 shared
現代演劇研究会
Education
- 1981
B.A., Dramatic Writing
Tisch School of the Arts
- 1984
Other, Playwriting
Yale School of Drama
- 1986
M.A., Playwriting
Yale School of Drama
- 1992
Ph.D., Playwriting
Yale School of Drama
Awards & honors
- Pulitzer Prize in Drama for Topdog/Underdog
- MacArthur “Genius” Award
- Lila-Wallace Reader's Digest Award
- CalArts/Alpert Award in the Arts (Drama) for 1996
- Guggenheim Foundation Grant
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