Expanding the African American Narrative panel at A Playwrights' Convening at CENTERSTAGE

CENTERSTAGE in Baltimore presented a discussion with playwrights on “Expanding the African American Narrative,”livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Wednesday 15 May 2013 at 3:45 p.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 5:45 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 6:45 p.m. EDT (Baltimore) / 22:45 GMT / 11:45 p.m. BST (London). View a conversion into your local time.

Prior to the opening night performance of Beneatha’s Place by Artistic Director Kwame Kwei-Armah, join CENTERSTAGE from Baltimore for a discussion with playwrights on “Expanding the African American Narrative,” asking, Who are we tomorrow? Who were we yesterday? And who has the authority to enter the investigation?

Guest playwrights include:

• Keith Josef Adkins

• Lydia Diamond

• Kirsten Greenidge

About Beneatha’s Place:

Kwame Kwei-Armah’s Beneatha's Place is the second half of the groundbreaking Raisin Cycle. This world premiere play, inspired by Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, continues the conversation that began in Clybourne Park. The play explores identity, leadership, and legacy through the story of one powerful African American woman, following Beneatha Younger far beyond that iconic Chicago living room, from 1959 to today, and from her home in Nigeria to her career at a California university.