Tarell Alvin McCraney: Theater Performance and Collaboration

About this book

This is the first book to dedicate scholarly attention to the work of Tarell Alvin McCraney one of the most significant writers and theater-makers of the twenty-first century. Featuring essays interviews and commentaries by scholars and artists who span generations geographies and areas of interest the volume examines McCraneys theatrical imagination his singular writerly voice his incisive cultural critiques his stylistic and formal creativity and his distinct personal and professional trajectories. Contributors consider McCraneys innovations as a playwright adapter director performer teacher and collaborator bringing fresh and diverse perspectives to their observations and analyses. In so doing they expand and enrich the conversations on his much-celebrated and deeply resonant body of work which includes the plays Choir Boy Head of Passes Ms. Blakk for President The Breach Wig Out! and the critically acclaimed trilogy The Brother/Sister Plays: In the Red and Brown Water The Brothers Size and Marcus; Or the Secret of Sweet as well as the Oscar Awardwinning film Moonlight which was based on his play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue.