Dead of Night… The Execution of…
by Idris Goodwin, Nambi E. Kelley, Nathan Yungerberg, Dennis A. Allen II, Nathan James, Eric Micha Holmes, Nsangou Njikam
Synopsis
Nambi Kelley's monologue takes into account a black woman's experience with police brutality.
Kelley tells of an experience being abused by a white boyfriend and then being taken to jail because the police chose his side.
Not only is the black population marginalized, but women even more so.
A part of the collection Hands Up: 7 Playwrights, 7 Testaments
Press Reviews
"These short monologues chronicle each author's encounters with the daily indecencies of racial profiling, stop-and-frisk, harassment, and casual racism inflicted by police, media, and society in general…each author delivers a brutally honest telling of their own experience."
— Philly.com
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Dead of Night… The Execution of… is a play written by Idris Goodwin and published by Samuel French (2017).
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Samuel French · 2017
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