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- REVIEW: ROBERT JON JR. SHEDS LIGHT ON LIV OF ENSLAVED GAY MEN ‘THE PROPHETS’
- GAY SLAV TASTE THE SWEET FREEDOM OF LOVE “SUGAR OUR WOUNDS”DONJA R. LOVE’S HISTORIL DRAMA MAK S WORLD PREMIERE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY BRANDON VOSSJUNE 28, 2018/11:32 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:1365PX;WIDTH:2048PX;}JOAN MARCBY BRANDON VOSSJUNE 28, 2018 / 11:32 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GAY SLAV TASTE THE SWEET FREEDOM OF LOVE “SUGAR OUR WOUNDS”","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-06-28T15:32:20.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-06-28T15:32:20.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRANDON VOSS","KEYWORDS":"THEATER","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE’VE ALL HEARD THE MORS ABOUT ABRAHAM LLN, THE GREAT EMANCIPATOR, BUT HAS HOMOSEXUALY AMONG SLAV BEEN HET-WASHED OM HISTORY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN DONJA R. LOVE’S OFF-BROADWAY PLAY SUGAR OUR WOUNDS, PART OF A TRILOGY EXPLORG THE QUEER BLACK EXPERIENCE, SHELDON BT AND CHAZA UCHE STAR AS JAM AND HENRY, SOUTHERN PLANTATN SLAV LIBERATED BY FORBIDN ROMANCE DURG THE CIVIL WAR. THE NEW DRAMA EARNED LOVE THE PRTIG LRENTS/HATCHER FOUNDATN AWARD, THE FIRST MAJOR PLAYWRG GRANT NAMED HONOR OF A GAY UPLE: ARTHUR LRENTS AND TOM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CO-FOUNR OF THE EACH-OTHER PROJECT, AN ARTS AND ADVOCY ANIZATN FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE OF LOR, LOVE EXPLAS WHY ’S HIS EP-ROOTED RPONSIBILY TO REVIVE HIS FOTTEN QUEER ANCTORS.JENNY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT SPIRED YOU TO EXPLORE A GAY LOVE STORY ABOUT TWO SLAV?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO I WAS READG TARELL ALV MCCRANEY’S MARC; OR THE SECRET OF SWEET, AND THERE'S A PASSAGE WHERE A CHARACTER RELLS HEARG WHAT SLAVEOWNERS DID TO MALE SLAV WHO HAD BEEN TIMATE WH EACH OTHER. IT BLEW MY MD, BEE I NEVER IMAGED ANYONE LIKE ME EXISTG DURG THAT TIME—AS IF WE JT POPPED UP DURG STONEWALL. I ED TO TELL MYSELF I’D NEVER WRE A PLAY ABOUT SLAVERY, BEE I WAS TERTED CURRENT BLACK AMERIN NARRATIV, BUT THAT WAS BEFORE I ULD ENVISN TWO MEN LOVG EACH OTHER THE TIME OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IS THERE HISTORIL EVINCE THAT THERE WERE SAME-SEX RELATNSHIPS AMONG SLAV?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Y, MY REARCH I ENUNTERED VAR STORI ABOUT MEN OF ENSLAVEMENT HAVG LOVE FOR EACH OTHER THAT WAS BEYOND IENDSHIP, FATHER-SON, BROTHER-BROTHER. IT WAS A VERY LIBERATG AND AFFIRMG DISVERY. THAT’S WHY I WANTED TO TELL THIS STORY, SO PEOPLE ULD SEE THEMSELV REFLECTED A WAY THEY NEVER IMAGED BEFORE. IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT WE’VE ALWAYS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHOUT WORDS LIKE “GAY” OR “HOMOSEXUAL," HOW WERE THE RELATNSHIPS SCRIBED WRGS OM THE PERD?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE WAS SO MUCH D LANGUAGE. ONE WORD I REALIZED WAS AN DITOR FOR A RELATNSHIP BETWEEN MEN WAS “LOATHSOME,” SIAR TO HOW “ABOMATN” WOULD BE ED TODAY A RELIG NTEXT. MY DIRECTOR, SAHEEM ALI, KEPT G ACROSS THE WORD “BUGGERY.”JOAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF YEARS OF AMERIN SLAVERY. WHY DID YOU SET THE PLAY 1862?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SETTG 1862, RIGHT BEFORE THE EMANCIPATN PROCLAMATN WAS SIGNED, WAS ABOUT HOPE. I THOUGHT ABOUT THE TWO MEN WAKG UP EVERY DAY, KNOWG THE END OF THE DAY IS NOT PROMISED, AND I KNEW THEY NEED SOME HOPE TO MAKE THROUGH. THE HOPE OF EEDOM HELPED ACTIVATE ME AS A WRER AND MOVE THE PLOT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUFFICE TO SAY THE ROMANCE IS ILL-FATED. WAS THERE EVER A VERSN OF THE PLAY WHICH THE MEN LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER I GOT THE FIRST DRAFT OUT, I WONRED IF THEY ULD N OFF TOGETHER TO THE SUNSET. BUT I FELT LIKE I’D BE DOG THE STORY AND OUR ANCTORS A DISSERVICE BY NOT LEANG TO THE TTH OF THE TIME PERD. Y, THE TWO MEN LOVE EACH OTHER, BUT WE N’T FET WHAT WAS AT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW DID HOMOPHOBIA WH TODAY’S BLACK MUNY RM THE PLAY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I TRIED NOT TO THK ABOUT THAT TOO MUCH, BUT NATURALLY, JT BY ME EXISTG THE WORLD, WAS GOG TO SEEP . I THOUGHT ABOUT HOW ARDUO BEG BLACK AND GAY N BE 2018, AND HOW THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE WHO THK HOMOSEXUALY IS SOME NEW THG. SO I SAW THIS PLAY AS A CHANCE TO CHALLENGE PEOPL’ PRENCEIVED NOTNS G SOME LANGUAGE THAT MAY FEEL A B {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALTHOUGH THE SLAV THE PLAY AREN’T RELATED, THEY’VE CREATED A MAKHIFT FAY THAT ULTIMATELY SUPPORTS THE SAME-SEX RELATNSHIP. WHY DID YOU CHOOSE TO SHOW THAT ACCEPTANCE STEAD OF DISAPPROVAL?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN NOW, WE MT SOMETIM CREATE OUR OWN FAI TO FD THAT SUPPORT. THERE’S A SCENE WHERE AUNT MAMA SHOWS ENURAGEMENT WHEN JAM FALLY SHAR HIS TTH, AND I WAS TOLD FELT TOO NTEMPORARY TO HAVE HER WELE HIM WH OPEN ARMS. BUT I FOUND MY REARCH THAT THERE WERE TRIB AI, PRR TO BEG ENSLAVED, WHERE MEN MARRIED MEN, WOMEN MARRIED WOMEN. AUNT MAMA HAS A EP NNECTN TO THE ANCTORS AND THE PAST, SO FELT RIGHT FOR HER TO OFFER THAT LOVE.JOAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUGAR OUR WOUNDS IS PART OF A TRILOGY LLED THE LOVE* PLAYS, WHICH ALSO CLUS FIREFLI AND IN THE MIDDLE. WHAT DO THE ASTERISK MEAN?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ASTERISK DIT A FOC SPECIFILLY ON QUEER LOVE DURG PIVOTAL MOMENTS BLACK HISTORY. BEE MY LAST NAME HAPPENS TO BE LOVE, SOME PEOPLE THK ’S AN EGO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU INTIFY AS AN “AO-QUEER” PLAYWRIGHT. DO YOU FEEL A RPONSIBILY TO WRE ABOUT THE BLACK QUEER EXPERIENCE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Y, 100%. JAM BALDW ONCE DID AN TERVIEW WHERE HE WAS ASKED IF BEG POOR, BLACK, AND GAY HAD MA HIM FEEL DISADVANTAGED AS A YOUNG WRER, BUT HE SAID HE FELT HE HAD “H THE JACKPOT.” I FEEL LIKE I WAS GIVEN THE INTI FOR A SPECIFIC REASON, SO I’M PROUD TO TELL STORI OM AN UNAPOLOGETILLY BLACK AND QUEER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT WERE YOUR THOUGHTS ON KANYE WT’S RECENT MENTS THAT SLAVERY WAS A CHOICE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LORD HAVE MERCY. I WAS EXTREMELY DISHEARTENED, BEE SEEMS LIKE HE’S NAVIGATG SOME SORT OF MENTAL ILLNS. AS MUCH AS I LOVE KANYE, AND AS MUCH AS HIS MIC STILL SPIR ME, I ALSO THK HE HAS A LOT OF LEARNG AND RELEARNG TO DO. WE KNOW ENSLAVEMENT WAS NOT A CHOICE— JT TOOK A WHILE TO GET OUT OF . WE’RE STILL GETTG OUT OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUGAR OUR WOUNDS NS THROUGH JULY 15 AT MTC’S STUD AT STAGE II NEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
REVIEW: ROBERT JON JR. SHEDS LIGHT ON LIV OF ENSLAVED GAY MEN ‘THE PROPHETS’
Homosexualy is at least as old as the Old Ttament, but outsi of a handful of scholarly reads that explore homosexualy ("A Dired Past, " "Intimate Matters" and "Zami: A New Spellg of my Name, " among others), the overall body of work sheddg light on Black queer life is snt.
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GAY SLAV TASTE THE SWEET FREEDOM OF LOVE “SUGAR OUR WOUNDS”DONJA R. LOVE’S HISTORIL DRAMA MAK S WORLD PREMIERE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY BRANDON VOSSJUNE 28, 2018/11:32 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:1365PX;WIDTH:2048PX;}JOAN MARCBY BRANDON VOSSJUNE 28, 2018 / 11:32 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GAY SLAV TASTE THE SWEET FREEDOM OF LOVE “SUGAR OUR WOUNDS”","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-06-28T15:32:20.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-06-28T15:32:20.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRANDON VOSS","KEYWORDS":"THEATER","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE’VE ALL HEARD THE MORS ABOUT ABRAHAM LLN, THE GREAT EMANCIPATOR, BUT HAS HOMOSEXUALY AMONG SLAV BEEN HET-WASHED OM HISTORY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN DONJA R. LOVE’S OFF-BROADWAY PLAY SUGAR OUR WOUNDS, PART OF A TRILOGY EXPLORG THE QUEER BLACK EXPERIENCE, SHELDON BT AND CHAZA UCHE STAR AS JAM AND HENRY, SOUTHERN PLANTATN SLAV LIBERATED BY FORBIDN ROMANCE DURG THE CIVIL WAR. THE NEW DRAMA EARNED LOVE THE PRTIG LRENTS/HATCHER FOUNDATN AWARD, THE FIRST MAJOR PLAYWRG GRANT NAMED HONOR OF A GAY UPLE: ARTHUR LRENTS AND TOM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CO-FOUNR OF THE EACH-OTHER PROJECT, AN ARTS AND ADVOCY ANIZATN FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE OF LOR, LOVE EXPLAS WHY ’S HIS EP-ROOTED RPONSIBILY TO REVIVE HIS FOTTEN QUEER ANCTORS.JENNY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT SPIRED YOU TO EXPLORE A GAY LOVE STORY ABOUT TWO SLAV?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO I WAS READG TARELL ALV MCCRANEY’S MARC; OR THE SECRET OF SWEET, AND THERE'S A PASSAGE WHERE A CHARACTER RELLS HEARG WHAT SLAVEOWNERS DID TO MALE SLAV WHO HAD BEEN TIMATE WH EACH OTHER. IT BLEW MY MD, BEE I NEVER IMAGED ANYONE LIKE ME EXISTG DURG THAT TIME—AS IF WE JT POPPED UP DURG STONEWALL. I ED TO TELL MYSELF I’D NEVER WRE A PLAY ABOUT SLAVERY, BEE I WAS TERTED CURRENT BLACK AMERIN NARRATIV, BUT THAT WAS BEFORE I ULD ENVISN TWO MEN LOVG EACH OTHER THE TIME OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IS THERE HISTORIL EVINCE THAT THERE WERE SAME-SEX RELATNSHIPS AMONG SLAV?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Y, MY REARCH I ENUNTERED VAR STORI ABOUT MEN OF ENSLAVEMENT HAVG LOVE FOR EACH OTHER THAT WAS BEYOND IENDSHIP, FATHER-SON, BROTHER-BROTHER. IT WAS A VERY LIBERATG AND AFFIRMG DISVERY. THAT’S WHY I WANTED TO TELL THIS STORY, SO PEOPLE ULD SEE THEMSELV REFLECTED A WAY THEY NEVER IMAGED BEFORE. IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT WE’VE ALWAYS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHOUT WORDS LIKE “GAY” OR “HOMOSEXUAL," HOW WERE THE RELATNSHIPS SCRIBED WRGS OM THE PERD?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE WAS SO MUCH D LANGUAGE. ONE WORD I REALIZED WAS AN DITOR FOR A RELATNSHIP BETWEEN MEN WAS “LOATHSOME,” SIAR TO HOW “ABOMATN” WOULD BE ED TODAY A RELIG NTEXT. MY DIRECTOR, SAHEEM ALI, KEPT G ACROSS THE WORD “BUGGERY.”JOAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF YEARS OF AMERIN SLAVERY. WHY DID YOU SET THE PLAY 1862?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SETTG 1862, RIGHT BEFORE THE EMANCIPATN PROCLAMATN WAS SIGNED, WAS ABOUT HOPE. I THOUGHT ABOUT THE TWO MEN WAKG UP EVERY DAY, KNOWG THE END OF THE DAY IS NOT PROMISED, AND I KNEW THEY NEED SOME HOPE TO MAKE THROUGH. THE HOPE OF EEDOM HELPED ACTIVATE ME AS A WRER AND MOVE THE PLOT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUFFICE TO SAY THE ROMANCE IS ILL-FATED. WAS THERE EVER A VERSN OF THE PLAY WHICH THE MEN LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER I GOT THE FIRST DRAFT OUT, I WONRED IF THEY ULD N OFF TOGETHER TO THE SUNSET. BUT I FELT LIKE I’D BE DOG THE STORY AND OUR ANCTORS A DISSERVICE BY NOT LEANG TO THE TTH OF THE TIME PERD. Y, THE TWO MEN LOVE EACH OTHER, BUT WE N’T FET WHAT WAS AT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW DID HOMOPHOBIA WH TODAY’S BLACK MUNY RM THE PLAY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I TRIED NOT TO THK ABOUT THAT TOO MUCH, BUT NATURALLY, JT BY ME EXISTG THE WORLD, WAS GOG TO SEEP . I THOUGHT ABOUT HOW ARDUO BEG BLACK AND GAY N BE 2018, AND HOW THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE WHO THK HOMOSEXUALY IS SOME NEW THG. SO I SAW THIS PLAY AS A CHANCE TO CHALLENGE PEOPL’ PRENCEIVED NOTNS G SOME LANGUAGE THAT MAY FEEL A B {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALTHOUGH THE SLAV THE PLAY AREN’T RELATED, THEY’VE CREATED A MAKHIFT FAY THAT ULTIMATELY SUPPORTS THE SAME-SEX RELATNSHIP. WHY DID YOU CHOOSE TO SHOW THAT ACCEPTANCE STEAD OF DISAPPROVAL?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN NOW, WE MT SOMETIM CREATE OUR OWN FAI TO FD THAT SUPPORT. THERE’S A SCENE WHERE AUNT MAMA SHOWS ENURAGEMENT WHEN JAM FALLY SHAR HIS TTH, AND I WAS TOLD FELT TOO NTEMPORARY TO HAVE HER WELE HIM WH OPEN ARMS. BUT I FOUND MY REARCH THAT THERE WERE TRIB AI, PRR TO BEG ENSLAVED, WHERE MEN MARRIED MEN, WOMEN MARRIED WOMEN. AUNT MAMA HAS A EP NNECTN TO THE ANCTORS AND THE PAST, SO FELT RIGHT FOR HER TO OFFER THAT LOVE.JOAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUGAR OUR WOUNDS IS PART OF A TRILOGY LLED THE LOVE* PLAYS, WHICH ALSO CLUS FIREFLI AND IN THE MIDDLE. WHAT DO THE ASTERISK MEAN?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ASTERISK DIT A FOC SPECIFILLY ON QUEER LOVE DURG PIVOTAL MOMENTS BLACK HISTORY. BEE MY LAST NAME HAPPENS TO BE LOVE, SOME PEOPLE THK ’S AN EGO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU INTIFY AS AN “AO-QUEER” PLAYWRIGHT. DO YOU FEEL A RPONSIBILY TO WRE ABOUT THE BLACK QUEER EXPERIENCE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Y, 100%. JAM BALDW ONCE DID AN TERVIEW WHERE HE WAS ASKED IF BEG POOR, BLACK, AND GAY HAD MA HIM FEEL DISADVANTAGED AS A YOUNG WRER, BUT HE SAID HE FELT HE HAD “H THE JACKPOT.” I FEEL LIKE I WAS GIVEN THE INTI FOR A SPECIFIC REASON, SO I’M PROUD TO TELL STORI OM AN UNAPOLOGETILLY BLACK AND QUEER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT WERE YOUR THOUGHTS ON KANYE WT’S RECENT MENTS THAT SLAVERY WAS A CHOICE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LORD HAVE MERCY. I WAS EXTREMELY DISHEARTENED, BEE SEEMS LIKE HE’S NAVIGATG SOME SORT OF MENTAL ILLNS. AS MUCH AS I LOVE KANYE, AND AS MUCH AS HIS MIC STILL SPIR ME, I ALSO THK HE HAS A LOT OF LEARNG AND RELEARNG TO DO. WE KNOW ENSLAVEMENT WAS NOT A CHOICE— JT TOOK A WHILE TO GET OUT OF . WE’RE STILL GETTG OUT OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUGAR OUR WOUNDS NS THROUGH JULY 15 AT MTC’S STUD AT STAGE II NEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
Check out: USA TODAY's weekly Bt-sellg BooklistPl Halifax, the plantatn owner, is unaware of the homosexual men until he attempts to have them produce children. Addg another layer of supprsn to Black queer life, Timothy, a closeted gay man and heir of Halifax clan, be attracted to Isaiah and Samuel.
An abolnist sympathizer, Timothy believ his nnectn to the gay uple uld offer them liberatn: “Together we n be set ee, ” Timothy surmis. We’ve all heard the mors about Abraham Lln, the Great Emancipator, but has homosexualy among slav been het-washed om history? The new drama earned Love the prtig Lrents/Hatcher Foundatn Award, the first major playwrg grant named honor of a gay uple: Arthur Lrents and Tom of the Each-Other Project, an arts and advocy anizatn for LGBTQ people of lor, Love explas why ’s his ep-rooted rponsibily to revive his fotten queer spired you to explore a gay love story about two slav?
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