Tarell Alvin McCraney

Sharrell D. Luckett is the director of the Helen Weinberger Center for Drama and Playwriting and an associate professor of drama and performance studies at the University of Cincinnati. She is the lead editor of Black Acting Methods: Critical Approaches.David Roman is a professor of English and American studies and ethnicity at the University of Southern California. He is the author of several books on American theater, including Performance in America: Contemporary U.S. Culture and the Performing Arts.Isaiah Matthew Wooden is a director-dramaturg and an assistant professor of theater arts at Brandeis University.

“This critical anthology provides a compelling and comprehensive view into the work of one of the most significant and exciting voices in contemporary American theater. What makes this anthology especially distinctive is its effective conjunction of critical engagement and theatrical practice. The volume’s integration of theory and practice provides a particularly insightful approach to McCraney’s theatrically dynamic dramaturgy. It is an immensely valuable read for scholars, teachers, and students as well as theater practitioners.” —Harry J. Elam, author of The Past as Present in the Drama of August Wilson"Tarell Alvin McCraney is one of the most prolific playwrights of our time. The critical assessments offered here by esteemed artists/academics affirm his genius." —Phylicia Rashad"Tarell's work is at once epic and very human. No other contemporary playwright writes about the souls of black folks with such love, grace, poetry, and beauty. This book is so important." —Lynn Nottage, Pulitzer Prize—winning playwright of Ruined and Sweat". . . an invaluable primer to a body of work so complexly located at the intersections of blackness, queerness, and performance in 21st-century American theater." —R. Remshardt, University of Florida, CHOICE