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Radha Blank

RADHA BLANK

  
Nationality:    USA
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Radha Blank's plays include American Schemes, seed, HappyFlowerNail, nannyland, Reverb and KenyA. awards and Fellowships include New Professional Theatre's Writers award, NY Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, Nickelodeon's Writers Fellowship and the Public Theaters inaugural emerging Writers Group Fellowship. Her work has been developed and/or presented by the Classical Theater of Harlem, the City Parks Foundation, Dixon Place, the Public Theater, the Lark, Here, Voice & Vision's envision Retreat, the Hedgebrook Women Playwright's Festival as well as several seasons of the NYC Hip Hop Theater Festival. Her play seed just received the National endowment for the Arts Distinguished New Play Development award and will be presented this fall in New York City. Her latest play, Casket Sharp, explores gang rites and death rituals in a deprived town.

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below is a list of Radha Blank's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         32 To Base         American Schemes         Casket Sharp         Happyflowernail         Nannyland         Reverb         Reverb And Kenya         Rice and Chicken Parts         Seed         Washington Highlands

32 To Base

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One of the workers at the South Bronx "Excellence Car Service" is charged with a crime

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American Schemes

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Casket Sharp

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explores gang rites and death rituals in a deprived town.

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Happyflowernail

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Nannyland

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Reverb

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amid the diffusion of the term "post black black," in American society And Art, seven up-and-coming playwrights of African descent including Deborah Asiimwe, Radha Blank, Kelley Girod, Katori Hall, Derek Lee McPhatter, Germono Toussaint, And Pia Wilson have come together to Answer these questions. the Fire This Time Festival showcases new short plays As A special Black History Month offering At the Horse Trade theater. the Festival explores the diverse possibilities of contemporary American Drama And challenging new directions for 21st century black theatre.
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Reverb And Kenya

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Rice and Chicken Parts

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Life in a Manhattan restaurant

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Shubert Theatre, New York    28 Nov 2013

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Seed

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Seed explores themes of abandonment, poverty, class differences and byproducts of the crack epidemic that swept through Harlem in the 1980s and '90s. It tells the story in a vibrant and exciting style, infused with rhythm and verse integral to hip-hop culture. as a compelling new Drama that examines class and cultural fault lines in one of America's most prominent Black communities, Seed begs the question: How far are you willing to go to protect the future of a community and its children? the play follows burnt-out social worker anne Colleen Simpson, who decides to leave the field on a high note, with a book detailing her career. When Chee-Chee, a gifted twelve-year-old from the "projects," collides into her life, she's forced to confront his young mother and the shadows of her past. anne and Chee-Chee develop an unlikely friendship that leads to an explosive encounter threatening both their futures
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National Black Theater, 2031 Fifth avenue, Harlem, NY    40802

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Washington Highlands

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