The New Black Fest's Hands Up: 7 Playwrights, 7 Testaments

In response to the 2014 fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri by a white police officer, The New Black Fest commissioned seven emerging Black playwrights to explore the institutional profiling and stereotyping of African Americans.  The protest drama that materialized consists of a series of monologues that recount the experience of real and imagined people who seek to reclaim voices silenced and violated by a system that historically sees BLACK as sub-human. In light of the national movement for justice and equity, Hands up is not just HISTORY— it’s TRUTH…it’s NOW! The Collection Includes:  Superiority Fantasy by Nathan James  Holes in My Identity by Nathan Yungerberg  They Shootin! Or I Ain’t Neva Scared… by Idris Goodwin  Dead of Night… The Execution of… by Nambi E. Kelley  Abortion by Nsangou Njikam  Walking Next to Michael Brown by Eric HolmesHow I Feel by Dennis A. Allen II The New Black Fest’s HANDS UP: 7 Playwrights, 7 Testaments” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com Profanity. Suggested audience: Age 17 and above.