Dramatist Lorraine Hansberry broke social conventions by depicting black experiences of white prejudice. She also broke Broadway records by being both the youngest person and the first African American to win the Best Play award from the New York Drama Critics' Circle. Before that moment, black playw

African american fiction, African american theater, Political, Queer literature, Social protest, Tense

David Dorfman, a native Chicagoan who labels his work as “post-postmodern,” started out in athletics, and began dancing in college. In 1985, he started his own dance company, David Dorfman Dance. Dorfman’s choreography can be rough and tumble; dancers collide and speak onstage. He has been

Architectural, Clever, In-your-face, Intense, Intimate, Political, Power

Susan Marshall is the Artistic Director/Choreographer for Susan Marshall & Company. Her work has been performed extensively throughout New York at such venues as the Brooklyn Academy of Music and NY City Center, as well as at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, SpringDanse (Netherlands), Edinburgh Intern

Intimate, Layered, Pioneering, Power, Primal, Technology