“My characters know they are Black, they accept that fact, they don’t want to be anything but. It what’s they do with that foundation that’s actually interesting.”
Yes! The Black characters I find that I resonate with the most both as a writer and reader/watcher are the ones who have the space to explore and grow in the other parts of their humanity and identity.
Oh I love that you're a playwright! I'm also a playwright and theatre critic, but don't have endless knowledge about theatre. I only learned about Vogel's play after looking for plays about incest (of which there are not many).
I think making art as a Black person in a white space is difficult for me as well, in part because white liberals dont get it. But I'm part of a BIPOC playwriting group that's effectively a white liberal space and I'm dying to get out. So for me the challenges are always political and how local theatre is inherently liberal which means a lot of is boring.
I'm glad you didn't drown!! And I also love Jensen Ackles. Have you see him in The Boys season 2??!
I gave this a read per Black Stack. FYI I’m not a play right but thought ide give it a read and can so identify with writing for us but the audience are either not like us, or not willing to do the emotional/empathic work to understand. Reading and writing take emotional effort, and the shut down response from peers and teachers is exhausting. Shoutout to you for still crafting in spaces like that. Thanks for sharing 🙏🏽 (just and idea: maybe this is a sort of theme that can help ground your reflective writing on the past three years as a play-write?)
“My characters know they are Black, they accept that fact, they don’t want to be anything but. It what’s they do with that foundation that’s actually interesting.”
Yes! The Black characters I find that I resonate with the most both as a writer and reader/watcher are the ones who have the space to explore and grow in the other parts of their humanity and identity.
Oh I love that you're a playwright! I'm also a playwright and theatre critic, but don't have endless knowledge about theatre. I only learned about Vogel's play after looking for plays about incest (of which there are not many).
I think making art as a Black person in a white space is difficult for me as well, in part because white liberals dont get it. But I'm part of a BIPOC playwriting group that's effectively a white liberal space and I'm dying to get out. So for me the challenges are always political and how local theatre is inherently liberal which means a lot of is boring.
I'm glad you didn't drown!! And I also love Jensen Ackles. Have you see him in The Boys season 2??!
I literally started The Boys years ago bc I heard he would be in season 3. Love that man
I gave this a read per Black Stack. FYI I’m not a play right but thought ide give it a read and can so identify with writing for us but the audience are either not like us, or not willing to do the emotional/empathic work to understand. Reading and writing take emotional effort, and the shut down response from peers and teachers is exhausting. Shoutout to you for still crafting in spaces like that. Thanks for sharing 🙏🏽 (just and idea: maybe this is a sort of theme that can help ground your reflective writing on the past three years as a play-write?)
Excited to see what you do with the play!!
this one is probably done unfortunately :( i need to go back to my second and third ones and start rewriting/editing. it's a process 😔
Well hopefully they turn out as well as this seems to have, I would've loved to have seen it