The Raven Theatre Company presented Radio Golf, by August Wilson, which was performed at the Raven Theatre and was directed by Aaron Todd Douglas. Radio Golf was the last play that August Wilson wrote before he died in 2005 caused by liver cancer. This play won the 2007 New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play. The playwright, August Wilson was trying to demonstrate how life was still tough in the 1990’s for African American people. He intended to show how being black affected the role in being a politician, but at the same time he showed the devotion that African American people had in doing what they dreamt to do.
Victoria Ajifowobaje Instructor Slade AAAS 142 Critical Research Paper April 27, 2009 Victoria Ajifowobaje April 27, 2009 Instructor Slade AAAS 142 Critical Research Paper Wed @ 2:45-5:45 August Wilson and his Wonderful Works August Wilson was born into a very poor family of seven children in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. He left school when he was only sixteen years old because of racism that occurred during the period of time. He started to educate himself and then he started to have a passion for writing. When he moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, that when he really started doing mature dramas. I honestly believe that a lot of the struggles that August Wilson dealt with while growing up contributed to him being such a
American writer,actor,producer and director Tyler Perry is a great example of a man living the American dream. Emmitt Perry, Jr, born September 13,1969, in New Orleans,Louisiana.Tyler Perry is one of four children,two older sisters and a younger brother, of mother, Willie Maxine Perry and father Emmitt Perry, Sr. Tyler Perry came to the attention of critics across the United States when his play “Diary of a Mad Black Woman” which was made into a popular movie. Perry had become a playwright when all odds were against him. By 2005 he was a millionaire.Tyler Perry had a terrible childhood from suffering years of abuse from his father.Perry once described his father as a man “whose answer to everything was to beat it out of you(”Tyler Perry." 2012.
At the age of 7, Matlin landed her first leading role as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz at a children’s theatre company in Chicago, Illinois called the International Center on Deafness and the Arts. She went on to study Criminal Justice to be come a law enforcement officer at Harper College in Illinois, but she never lost her passion for acting. She had a real talent. After college, Marlee continued to do shows around Chicago for several years. She got her big break starring in the stage show Children of a Lesser God as the main character Sarah, a deaf woman who becomes involved with a speech teacher at a school for the deaf.
One of the most famous and influential writers and poets of the Renaissance was Langston Hughes. To this day the impact of his writing is still felt and the lines of his poetry still speak volumes about the desperate need for a change in the African American way of life. Born in Joplin, Missouri but soon moved to live with his grandmother in Lawrence, Kansas. After her death he moved to Lincoln, Illinois to live with his mother and it was there that he began to write poetry. Hughes began to explore poetry in high school and was quickly recognized by many of his teachers.
Soon after his birth in Rogers, Ailey, an only child, and his mother moved to nearby Navasota, where “where he started picking cotton at the age of five” (Dingus). (Alfores 2013 http://alflores.com/af_navasota.htm) In 1942, Ailey finally got his first taste of the arts when he and his mother followed the dust bowl movement of the 1930’s and migrated to California. Here Ailey soon “Became a devotee of live entertainment, hearing Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, and other greats” (Dingus). It was also here in Los Angeles where Ailey first developed his interest in dance “when a friend introduced him to the Hollywood studio of [iconic choreographer] Lester Horton” (Lester Horton) (Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Archives http://www.danceheritage.org/horton.html). By 1949 Ailey was studying under Horton’s company, a company that is “believed to be the first racially integrated Dance Company in the United States” (Monsho).
Richmond Barthé Introduction Richmond Barthé was born on January 28, 1901, in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. He was only one month old when his father, Richmond Barthé, died. His mother, Clementine Raboteau, was influential in nurturing his early artistic talent. When young Richmond was just an infant, he reportedly was intrigued with the Old English letters on the front page of the New Orleans Times Picayune newspaper. His mother supplied him with paper and pencils to practice copying the letters (Bardolph, 1961).
Ruth's description of her childhood in Suffolk enables both James and the reader to understand how she decided to live her own life. Living among black people and interacting with them every day at the family store, she witnessed their lives and their struggles. She saw her father treat them badly, just as her father treated her badly. Her minority status as a Jew meant Ruth suffered from exclusion, prejudice, and hardship, although she points out that black people suffered greater degradation than Jewish people. Ruth resisted her father's racist beliefs, just as she resisted many aspects of her father's personality and his treatment of his
[TYPE THE COMPANY NAME] Biloxi Blues John Rollins 3/19/2012 Critique 1 Went to see Biloxi Blues, it’s written by Neil Simon and was brought through the production of Samuel French, Inc. New York City. The play was featured at Lone star Cy-Fair on February 24th 2012. The setting takes place in a rail road cart with the soldiers of the squadron packed in tight close together, making their way to basic training in Biloxi, Mississippi. There were three main characters that stood out to me in the production. The two cadets, Eugene Jerome, Arnold Epstein, & Sgt.
On Thursday, September the 13th I went to go see the play “August: Osage County” at Sheldon Vexler Theatre. August: Osage County” is a comedic playwright that follows the life of the Weston family from the perspective of their home in Oklahoma. The family goes through various struggles throughout the play and the added elements from the Director’s vision help bring out the emotions coming from the actors. The components of the play really come together to help make this production unique. I believe the Director’s vision of this play was to first create a vision of the average American home to help the audience relate themselves to the setting.