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Is God is / What to send up when it goes down

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  • Author: Harris, Aleshea
    Summary:

    "Furious and incandescent...Harris writes so blisteringly that the actors could just let the language's flames carry them along." – Helen Shaw, Time Out New York on Is God Is. An explosive epic that examines the cyclical nature of violence, Is God Is follows twin sisters who undertake a dangerous journey to exact revenge upon their father at the behest of their dying mother. – "Aleshea Harris turns theater into a monument, ephemeral but real, to ongoing pain. You can't tear down a statue that never shows up outside." – Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker on What to Send Up... What to Send Up When It Goes Down is a play-pageant-ritual response to anti-Blackness in America. It is a challenge to us all: to heal through expression, expulsion, and movement.

    Genre: Drama
    Original Publisher: LaVergne , Theatre Communications Group , New York , Theatre Communications Group
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    9781559369268

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"Furious and incandescent...Harris writes so blisteringly that the actors could just let the language's flames carry them along." – Helen Shaw, Time Out New York on Is God Is. An explosive epic that examines the cyclical nature of violence, Is God Is follows twin sisters who undertake a dangerous journey to exact revenge upon their father at the behest of their dying mother. – "Aleshea Harris turns theater into a monument, ephemeral but real, to ongoing pain. You can't tear down a statue that never shows up outside." – Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker on What to Send Up... What to Send Up When It Goes Down is a play-pageant-ritual response to anti-Blackness in America. It is a challenge to us all: to heal through expression, expulsion, and movement.

Genre
Drama
Publisher (Source)

LaVergne

Theatre Communications Group

New York

Theatre Communications Group

Not specified

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