Boomerang), and Christina Sajous ( Joaquina Kalukango Joseph Marzullo/WENN
Home serves as the launch of Roundabout Theatre Company s Refocus Project, announced last month. A planned reading of Angelina Weld Grimké s
Rachel that was originally to serve as the series launch April 23 was postponed to May 4. Virtual readings of
I Gotta Home by Shirley Graham Du Bois,
Spunk by Zora Neale Hurston, and
Wine in the Wilderness by Alice Childress are scheduled to follow.
The project aims to shine a spotlight on marginalized plays and restore them in the American canon.
Home premiered in 1979 at St. Marks Playhouse in a production by the Negro Ensemble Company, later transferring to Broadway and earning Williams a 1980 Tony Award nomination for Best Play.
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Motown the Musical), Nia Holloway ( Douglas Lyons Dominick Totino Photography
During fall 2020, co-executive producers John Sloan III and David Carroll put out a call for new work. Over 200 writers, composers, and lyricists submitted work with six plays selected for in-person performances that were filmed for audiences to enjoy at home.
The plays are
20/20 by Carollette Phillips and Edmund Alyn Jones,
Makin Bond by Louis Johnson,
Metaphor In 3 Acts by Maria A. Judice,
Mothers Boyfriend Is An Ass by Shashone Lambert Short, and
Dear Lil by Morgan Heyward. Several cabaret concerts were also offered.
âA global pandemic jeopardized the future of the theatre world, but in Detroit, we used the opportunity to innovate and reimagine the stage for a virtual world,â said Sloan. âIâve been a performing artist for 22 years, and I have never been more inspired by the innovations being made in the industry than I am right no