Sunset Baby (Oberon Modern Plays)

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2012
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Kenyatta Shakur is alone. His wife has died, and now, this one time Black Revolutionary and political prisoner, is desperate to reconnect with his estranged daughter Nina. If Kenyatta truly wants to reconcile his past, he must first conquer his most challenging revolution of all - fatherhood.

Synopsis

Kenyatta Shakur is alone. His wife has died, and now, this one time Black Revolutionary and political prisoner, is desperate to reconnect with his estranged daughter Nina. If Kenyatta truly wants to reconcile his past, he must first conquer his most challenging revolution of all - fatherhood.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 96
Publisher: Oberon Books Ltd.
Published: 13 Sep 2012
ISBN 10: 1849433879
ISBN 13: 9781849433877

Media Reviews

'Smart, entertaining and moving as it grapples with the tensions between past and present - while asking penetrating questions about the nature of liberation - Morisseau's script, sings with intelligence.' - Guardian '[A] well-crafted tale of a former Black Power revolutionary struggling to cope with the fallout from the dream - Morisseau offers a soulful elegy for a movement' - Time Out 'Gripping - the writing is fabulous: the dialogue is fast, furious and at times surprisingly funny' - Financial Times

Author Bio

Dominique Morisseau is a writer and actress and is an alumni of the Public Theater Emerging Writers Group, Women's Project Lab, and the Lark Playwrights Workshop. Upcoming credits include: Detroit '67 (The Public Theater and Classical Theatre of Harlem). Other credits include: Follow Me To Nellie's (Premiere Stages; O'Neill Playwrights Conference); Paradise Blue (New York Theatre Workshop - Dartmouth/ACT's The Hansberry Project). Dominique is developing a 3-play cycle on her hometown of Detroit (including Detroit '67 and Paradise Blue), and is currently working on the third of the series, Made In The D. She is a two-time NAACP Image Award recipient, a Jane Chambers Playwriting Award honoree, the 2011 Princess Grace Award runner-up, a Primus Prize honoree, and was recently named the 2012 Playwright of New York (PoNY) fellow and winner of the Stavis Playwright Award.