Apologies to Lorraine Hansberry (You too, August Wilson)

by Rachel Lynett, Paula Vogel (Foreword by)

Overview

The fourteenth winner of the Yale Drama Series prize explores “Blackness” and the reasons why joy and peace might be harder to get than we think

What does it mean to be safe when you’re a person of color in the United States? If you were given the chance to leave and create a utopia, would you? Is utopia possible with all of our subconscious bias?
 
The fourteenth winner of the Yale Drama Series prize, this highly satirical and funny play is set in the fictional world following a second Civil War. Bronx Bay, an all-Black state (and neighborhood), is established in order to protect “Blackness.” As Jules’s new partner, Yael, moves into town, community members argue over whether Yael, who is Dominican, can stay. Questions of safety and protection surround both Jules and Yael as the utopia of Bronx Bay confronts within itself where the line is when it comes to defining who is Black and who gets left out in the process.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780300268805
Publisher:	Yale University Press
Publication date:	10/25/2022
Series:	Yale Drama Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	96
File size:	908 KB

About the Author

Rachel Lynett is a queer Afro-Latine playwright, producer, and teaching artist. Their plays Last Night and HE DID IT made the 2020 Kilroy’s List and they received the 2021 National Latinx Playwriting award for their play Black Mexican. They live in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Editorial Reviews

A metafictional meditation on Blackness . . . selected as the winner of the 2021 Yale Drama Series Prize, one of the most prestigious awards for playwrights.”—Sarah Bahr, New York Times

From the Publisher

“A metafictional meditation on Blackness . . . selected as the winner of the 2021 Yale Drama Series Prize, one of the most prestigious awards for playwrights.”—Sarah Bahr, New York Times

New York Times - Sarah Bahr