Come Down Burning
by Kia Corthron
Synopsis
THE STORY: Skoolie lives in a clean, tiny shack at the top of the big hill, across from the small grocer.
She doesn't have the use of her legs and uses a cart built close to the ground to get to the store, and around the house where her appliances
Press Reviews
"A poignant look at familial love and dependence among a group of strong, witty and loving women who don't let the impact of poverty and prejudice push them down. “Ms. Corthron creates vivid characters and situations…in Ms. Corthron, the theater has a new playwright of promise.” —The New York Times. ”Corthron's voice is assured and wise, spinning the homespun speech of these country women into something eloquent and beautiful. This is a voice I am eager to hear again."
— New York Post
Publication
Come Down Burning is a American play written by Kia Corthron and published by Dramatists Play Service in New York (1995).
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Dramatists Play Service · 1995 · 72 pp
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Restrictions: Major Markets Plus (US) / Standard Plus Add'l Postcodes (UK)
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