Black Lives, Black Words: 32 Short Plays

Selected and edited by the award-winning American playwright Reginald Edmund, who produced Black Lives, Black Words across the US, which premiered in Chicago, July 2015. This ongoing international project has explored the black diaspora’s experiences in some of the largest multicultural cities in the world, Chicago, Minneapolis, Cleveland, Toronto and London. Over sixty Black writers from the UK, USA, and Canada have each written a short play to address Black issues today.

Featured in this collection are:

Reginald Edmund

Idris Goodwin

James Austin Williams

Rachel Dubose

Becca C. Browne

Marsha Estell

Aaron Holland

Loy A. Webb

Lisa Langford

Christina Ham

Harrison David Rivers

Dominique Morisseau

Winsome Pinnock

Trish Cooke

Mojisola Adebayo

Rachel De-Lahay

Max Kolaru

Yolanda Mercy

Somalia Seaton

Courttia Newland

Luke Reece

Tawiah BenEben M’Carthy

Kanika Ambrose

Jordan Laffrenier

Meghan Swaby

Mary Ann Anane

Allie Woodson

Elliot Sagay

Amira Danan

Cat Davidson

Noelle Fourte

Kori Alston