WHAT IS THE LEGACY PLAYS PROJECT?
The Legacy Plays Project is a play cycle which uses specific moments in American history as touchstones to shine a light on untold stories, to examine the full breadth of my community’s humanity and rich history, to add more Black narratives and roles to the American theatre canon, and to reconcile the barrier between American history and Black history--reframing how we think about and teach history in general. When completed, the cycle will include nine plays, spanning from the end of American slavery and into the 21st century, with the goal of reconciling one history.
The plays currently in development:
The Legacy Plays Project is a play cycle which uses specific moments in American history as touchstones to shine a light on untold stories, to examine the full breadth of my community’s humanity and rich history, to add more Black narratives and roles to the American theatre canon, and to reconcile the barrier between American history and Black history--reframing how we think about and teach history in general. When completed, the cycle will include nine plays, spanning from the end of American slavery and into the 21st century, with the goal of reconciling one history.
The plays currently in development:
