SpeakEasy’s ‘BLKS’: When things go bad, go out
BOSTON — When things can’t get much worse, doing bad can feel so good. The poet and performer Aziza Barnes, a first-time playwright, has come out of the box swinging with the raucous… Continue reading
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SpeakEasy’s ‘Pass Over’: Waiting for the ‘Po-Pos’
BOSTON – On their small piece of turf, a street corner in an unnamed American city, two young black men contemplate the future – or the lack of it. Moses (Kadahj Bennett) and… Continue reading
‘Admissions’: When white doesn’t mean right
BOSTON — Two young men have their eyes on the prize: A coveted seat at Yale University, an iconic Ivy League college. One is biracial and talented; the other is white and talented.… Continue reading
‘Choir Boy’: Struggling to make boys into men
BOSTON – They sing like angels, but like all teen-age boys, sometimes the devil is in them, even when they are tenderly invoking The Lord’s name in a hymn. They are the young… Continue reading