Author

Contributions

  • Norman, Marsha - Contributor

Publication

2015 - Yale University Press, Connecticut

Language

English

Word Count

27,750 words, Guess

Page Count

111 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC812/.6
  • LCCPS3614
  • LCCPS3614.A24 S47 2015

Description

"The year is 1979 and a serial killer in Atlanta is abducting and murdering young black children. Against a backdrop of fear and uncertainty, playwright Janine Nabers explores the emotional battleground where an African-American single mother wars with her teenage daughter, each coping in her own way with personal tragedy and loss. The volatility of their situation is intensified when a severely damaged and devastatingly handsome stranger becomes an integral part of their lives."--Back cover "Serial Black Face is the seventh winner of the DC Horn Foundation/Yale Drama Series Prize, selected by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Marsha Norman. At once startling, engrossing, suspenseful, and exhilarating, Nabers's powerful drama employs a real-life nightmare, the Atlanta Child Murders of the late 1970s, to incisively examine human frailty and the prickly complexities of a mother-daughter relationship. A stunning theatrical work, both thoughtful and profoundly moving, Serial Black Face is richly deserving of this year's prize."--Page 4 of cover.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Yale drama series

Other Editions

  • Serial black faceYale University Press2015-01-01

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