Shared Stages

Author and playwright Sarah Blacher Cohen is Professor Emerita of English at the University at Albany, State University of New York. Her previous books include Making a Scene: The Contemporary Drama of Jewish-American Women, as well as her plays, Molly Picon's Return Engagement, The Ladies Locker Room, Schlemiel the First, and The Old System. Joanne B. Koch is a playwright, author, screenwriter and Professor of English and Director of the Graduate Writing Program at National-Louis University in Chicago. Her previous works include the produced plays Nesting Dolls, Safe Harbor, Teeth, Haymarket, A Leading Woman, and the Bellow adaptation A Silver Dish, as well as an Emmy Award–winning television series, High Top Tower.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction. Interwoven Destinies: The Drama of Blacks and Jews 1. No Niggers, No Jews, No DogsJohn Henry Redwood2. Sarah and The SaxLewis John Carlino3. I'm Not RappaportHerb Gardner4. Soul SistersJoanne B. Koch & Sarah Blacher Cohen5. I Am a ManOyamO6. Medal of Honor Rag Tom Cole7. The Day the Bronx DiedMichael Henry Brown8. Driving Miss DaisyAlfred Uhry9. The Left Hand SingingBarbara Lebow10. Fires in the MirrorAnna Deavere Smith

"Shared Stages offers a unique perspective on one of the most dramatic relationships in our history. This one-of-a-kind anthology, edited by playwright professors, Sarah Blacher Cohen and Joanne Koch, provides a riveting portrait of the most compelling issues of our time. Shared Stages also delivers the profound excitement and satisfaction that only great theater can. Bravo!" — Steve Stern, author of The Angel of Forgetfulness"The unique relationship of Blacks and Jews—fighting each other at times, but also marching together, laughing together, and dying together—is vividly depicted in the plays of Shared Stages. This anthology presents an unflinching and inspiring record of the bond between Blacks and Jews." — Julian Bond, Chairman, NAACP