Dramatist Yvette Heyliger delivers power-packed full-length plays for leading women, each prefaced by an artistic statement.Her instincts for comic relief are genius." Backstage West"Heyliger has a solid flair for dialogue and a good ear for comedy." Park LaBrea NewsBridge to Baraka (Excerpt) Yvette X appeared in a dashiki and huge Afro to bring the 60s Black Arts Movement to the present womens struggle in her side-splitting and astute Bridge to Baraka. The Dramatis...

This new collection brings together plays and monologues from the National Black Theatre Festival, one of the most historic and culturally significant events—not only in the history of Black theater but in American theater. Held every two years in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, this gathering of Black theater companies and artists from around the country and across the globe features an extraordinary array of performances, workshops, films, spoken-word poetry, and more. Established in 1989...