Best Black Plays 2003-2006

"Over its twenty-year history, the Theodore Ward Prize for African American Playwriting has offered a rich reflection of the accomplishments of black playwrights and their importance in shaping contemporary theater. This volume showcases three recent winners of the Theodore Ward Prize: Leslie Lee's Sundown Names and Night-Gone Things tells of the sordid shenanigans of a Depression-era burial society; Mark Clayton Southers's Ma Noah recounts a mother's heartbreaking battle to save her children's souls; and Kim Euell's The Diva Daughters DuPree shares the poignant and funny reunion of three sisters after their parents' deaths. Selected for this volume by the contest facilitator, Chuck Smith, these plays answer a demand for African American dramatic work today."--BOOK JACKET.Smith, Chuck is the author of 'Best Black Plays 2003-2006 ', published 2007 under ISBN 9780810123908 and ISBN 0810123908.