Represent by Edited by Chris Ceraso & Edited by Lisa S Brenner
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Product Description
In their expose of Gen Z The New York Times qualified its members as the most diverse generation in American history. Recent Broadway hits have found a successful formula in productions showcasing the emotional turmoil of contemporary young people yet the majority of these works represent predominantly white voices both in terms of authorship and representation. Nonwhite characters tend to exist only in a world of colorblind casting rather than speaking to their distinct racial and cultural heritage. This anthology helps correct that balance and presents a unique offering of plays written for multicultural teenagers by diverse authors who have spent a significant part of their careers working closely with young people in urban settings. The playwrights among them award winners such as Chisa Hutchinson and Nilaja Sun have created texts that are dramatic and comic satirical and earnest touchingly real and amusingly surreal. Varying in length and format suitable for classrooms and youth groups of all sizes the plays address such themes as ethnic and cultural identity ancestry and assimilation bullying and selfempowerment disenfranchisement and alienation parental pressure to overachieve youth activism and communitybuilding and the very real perils of daily school life in an era of gun proliferation. show more
Condition : New
Author : Edited By Chris Ceraso Edited By Lisa S Brenner
Weight : 372
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language : English
EAN : 9781350171879
ISBN10 : 1350171875
Format : Paperback Softback
Date of Publication : 20220210
Place of Publication : United Kingdom
Pagination : 272 Pages
Dimensions : 158 X 234 X 23