The first year of the Refocus Project spotlighted the work of 20th century Black playwrights, including Angelina Weld Grimké, Zora Neale Hurston, Shirley Graham Du Bois, Samm-Art Williams, and Alice Childress, in partnership with Black Theatre United.
We encourage you to get to know these works and join us in redefining them as the American classics they truly are.
Home by Samm-Art Williams (1979)
Directed by RTC Senior Resident Director Kenny Leon
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Rachel by Angelina Weld Grimké (1916)
Directed by RTC Resident Director Miranda Haymon
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I Gotta Home by Shirley Graham Du Bois (1939)
Directed by Steve H. Broadnax III
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Spunk by Zora Neale Hurston (1935)
Directed by Lili-Anne Brown
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Wine in the Wilderness by Alice Childress (1969)
Directed by Dominique Rider
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Please contact refocus@roundabouttheatre.org for further information on these resources.
Leadership support for The Refocus Project is generously provided by the Ford Foundation.
Additional funding provided by
A partnership with The New York Public Library – spanning its branches, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and Library for the Performing Arts – will further engage New Yorkers in these offerings.