ROLL CALL
What are your favorite playwrights? In this time in New York many are coming to mind- The names that we call often, see on billboards or on the front page of Playbill.com. But I ask- what if your favorite writer is one that's name is not on the board? What if you have to replay the actors beautifully sprouting your writers words in the workshop reading you saw two months before? Will you continue to follow a playwright voice is never consistently heard? Would it frustrate you enough to FUND their work? To tell your local theatre about them? OR--would you find another artists whose work is currently being produced?
What will you do?
Shout out to my fav writers of now
Mfoniso Udofia/ Shaun Neblett/ Keith Josef Adkins/ Zakiya Alexander/ Jason Holtham/ Robert O'Hara/ Kevin Dedes/ Michael McClure/ Sarita Moore and Justin Scribner/ Dominque Morisseau/ Radha Blank
SHOUT OUT the writers you support and support them!! Its in our hands!
What a beautiful and important call to action you are making. Hot damn. Love this blog. (And thank you for the shout out. Added bonus:)
ReplyDeleteGreat post. This is exactly the challenge of championing new work -- every writer needs and relies on those who will support their work at the "unknown" stages. Without that critical support new voices get lost. And WE (the audience) lose because of it. Development at key stages: comes in the form of word of mouth, free space, funding for production, publication. Without a committed development process -- there won't be a genuine future for new voices.
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