When holiday family dysfunction explodes, so does a world of traditional ethnic, social traditions. "A Family Manual for Kwanzaa" is a surreal and comic look at the disintegration of a family over the seven days holiday. This is a weird, dark comedy about my family, black history, and that strange step-sister of a holiday right after Christmas that we know as Kwanzaa.
When holiday family dysfunction explodes, so does a world of traditional ethnic, social traditions. "A Family Manual for Kwanzaa" is a surreal and comic look at the disintegration of a family over the seven days holiday. This is a weird, dark comedy about my family, black history, and that strange step-sister of a holiday right after Christmas that we know as Kwanzaa.
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Cheryl Bear:
A Family Manual for Kwanzaa
by Aurin Squire
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An authentic and moving portrait of a family and their dynamic over the course of the holidays. The traditions, the history and all that is brought up is powerfully portrayed. Well done.
An authentic and moving portrait of a family and their dynamic over the course of the holidays. The traditions, the history and all that is brought up is powerfully portrayed. Well done.
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Unicorn Theatre:
A Family Manual for Kwanzaa
by Aurin Squire
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This play was a SEMIFINALIST for the 2019-2020 In-Progress New Play Reading Series at Unicorn Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri. It is our pleasure to support A FAMILY MANUAL FOR KWANZAA.
This play was a SEMIFINALIST for the 2019-2020 In-Progress New Play Reading Series at Unicorn Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri. It is our pleasure to support A FAMILY MANUAL FOR KWANZAA.
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National New Play Network:
A Family Manual for Kwanzaa
by Aurin Squire
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This play was developed at The National New Play Network MFA Playwrights Workshop. This program, conducted annually in conjunction with The Kennedy Center and the National Center for New Plays, provides a graduate–level student playwright with an NNPN-affiliated director and dramaturg, a professional cast for a week of script development, and an introduction to the Network, its Membership, and programs.
This play was developed at The National New Play Network MFA Playwrights Workshop. This program, conducted annually in conjunction with The Kennedy Center and the National Center for New Plays, provides a graduate–level student playwright with an NNPN-affiliated director and dramaturg, a professional cast for a week of script development, and an introduction to the Network, its Membership, and programs.
