Suzan-Lori Parks

A Is for 'Abortionist': Hester's Back and Rebranded

Suzan-Lori Parks is amazing to me.  read more »

'Foundling Father' Honest Abe Just Can't Find Honest Work

It's rare and so very touching when a playwright is called up onstage to receive our applause.  read more »

And the Heilpern Awards For 1999 Theater Go to …

To quote the lusty lyric from the much-loved The Scarlet Pimpernel , "So it's into the fire we go!"  read more »

The Unbearable Lightness of Being a Homeless Black Mom

A few seasons ago, when I saw Suzan-Lori Parks' The America Play , her extraordinary tragedy of the  read more »