HANG TIME
by Zora Howard

Name: HANG TIME
Brand: Zora Howard
SKU: 9780573711046

Off-Broadway

Highlights

Male

60 mins Bare Stage/Simple Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes

Synopsis

Three men chew the fat under an old, wide tree.

In this exploration of intergenerational bonds, we peek into the interiority – the great loves and bitter blues – of Black men in America.

HANG TIME is a deeply moving and subversive work by Pulitzer Prize Finalist Zora Howard.

Press Reviews

"In Hang Time, lynched men tell finely tuned tales... Zora Howard’s new play catches three men during a few moments of their breathless eternity."
— The New York Times

"A bruising statement about the systemized dehumanization of Black men... a stunning picture of the ‘strange fruit’ that Billie Holiday sang about, of Black bodies swinging from trees... The writing is bleak and colorful and gorgeous enough for poetry."
— Lighting & Sound America

"A startling and stunning tableau... an absolutely heart-wrenching and hauntingly beautiful experience."
— The Front Row Center

"In terms of its words, Hang Time, by Zora Howard, is a very subtle play. Its language is rich, and the themes that its characters usher forth chime suggestively, like harsh but precisely rung bells, never quite settling on a resolution. Its imagery, however, is awful and overt: even before the show starts, as the audience files in, three Black men are hanging in midair, their legs dangling, the motion of their bodies almost stilled."
— The New Yorker

"A powerfully evocative performance piece... Hang Time is filled with the magic of theatre."
— New York Theatre Wire

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Slim Male, Black, 40s. The pontificatin’ type. Quick to tell you the way of the world.	male	40s	Male, Black, 40s. The pontificatin’ type. Quick to tell you the way of the world.
Blood Male, Black, 20s. Just coming into himself.	male	20s	Male, Black, 20s. Just coming into himself.
Bird Male, Black, 60s. Has seen some things. Knows to keep his head down.	male	60s	Male, Black, 60s. Has seen some things. Knows to keep his head down.