BRIC to Host New Black Fest Oct. 9-17
New York Times - Arts, Briefly - September 23, 2010 - Felicia R. Lee
With readings of new plays, performances and panel discussions, the inaugural New Black Fest for emerging black playwrights is set for Oct. 9-17 in New York, the organizers announced. In addition to readings of six new plays at Bric Arts|Media|Bklyn (in Fort Greene, Brooklyn) on Oct. 16 and 17, festival highlights include a panel discussion on arts and activism featuring Suzan-Lori Parks (“Topdog/Underdog”) and Kia Corthron (“Breath, Boom”) at the Juilliard School on Oct. 10 and a cabaret-style evening of performances at Bric Arts on Oct. 14, which will present new work from Eisa Davis (“Passing Strange”) and Colman Domingo (“The Scottsboro Boys”). The seven playwrights whose works will be featured are Kwame Kewi-Armah (“Seize the Day”), Keli Garrett (“Space”), J. Nicole Brooks (“Black Diamond”), Radha Blank (“Nannyland”), Cori Thomas (“When January Feels Like Summer”), and Godfrey L. Simmons and Brandt Adams, authors of “Dispatches From (A)mended America.”