Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Vickie L. Evans was 9 years old, she started writing as a way of escape. Growing up south of Houston in Sugar Land, Texas, ...

Four playwrights of color will advance to the semi-final round of the 2023 Playwrights' Festival, a collaboration between Matthews Playhouse and the African American Playwrights Group (AAPG). The ...

Three new plays by Chicago-based African American playwrights will have staged readings at Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre’s first Gloria Bond Clunie Playwright’s Festival June 1-2 in the Noyes Cultural ...

Assorted ramblings from the world of entertainment: • Youngstown Playhouse has picked four local African-American playwrights to feature at its inaugural Juneteenth Festival of New Works. The ...

With Dominique Morisseau’s play “Confederates” about to receive a Repertory Theatre of St. Louis production, we present a list of African American playwrights who have have made their mark on the ...

The University of Texas Press has published an anthology featuring works by seven African-American playwrights with Texas connections. "Acting Up and Getting Down" (364 pp., $55) showcases literary ...

Short plays from Black playwrights take center stage during the Fade To Black Reading Series. Credit: Photo by Rudy Mui S. Denise O’Neal, playwright and executive director of Shabach Enterprise, says ...

When Vickie L. Evans was 9 years old, she started writing as a way of escape. Growing up south of Houston in Sugar Land, Texas, she had a difficult home life, where, she said, her late father had ...