←Recommendations of The House of the Negro Insane

  • D.W. Gregory: The House of the Negro Insane by Terence Anthony
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    A powerful play about hope and resilience in the face of impossible odds. Beautifully rendered, spare and lyrical.

    A powerful play about hope and resilience in the face of impossible odds. Beautifully rendered, spare and lyrical.

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  • Kyle Smith: The House of the Negro Insane by Terence Anthony
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    I saw this play at CATF, and was struck by the roughness, hope, and simple poeticism of the world these characters inhabit. This play envelopes you in it's wings and flies you on a journey that will move you, even if it burns you a bit along the way.

    I saw this play at CATF, and was struck by the roughness, hope, and simple poeticism of the world these characters inhabit. This play envelopes you in it's wings and flies you on a journey that will move you, even if it burns you a bit along the way.

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  • Andrea Fine Carey: The House of the Negro Insane by Terence Anthony
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    Terence Anthony grabs your heart from the opening line and doesn't let go. Set in a psychiatric hospital/prison/homeless shelter for blacks in 1935, the play is impeccably written, with characters whom I can't stop thinking--and caring--about. A delightfully disturbing masterpiece.

    Terence Anthony grabs your heart from the opening line and doesn't let go. Set in a psychiatric hospital/prison/homeless shelter for blacks in 1935, the play is impeccably written, with characters whom I can't stop thinking--and caring--about. A delightfully disturbing masterpiece.

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  • Michael Shutt: The House of the Negro Insane by Terence Anthony
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    This play will both engage and enrage you. Simultaneously bleak and hope-filled. The writing is grounded, poetic, and stunning. I can't recommend this play enough. This is a story that needs to be told and a play that needs to be seen.

    This play will both engage and enrage you. Simultaneously bleak and hope-filled. The writing is grounded, poetic, and stunning. I can't recommend this play enough. This is a story that needs to be told and a play that needs to be seen.

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  • Stephanie Alison Walker: The House of the Negro Insane by Terence Anthony
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    I saw the very first reading of this play in 2016 and I'm still thinking about it. Someone please produce this play already. The House of the Negro Insane is haunting and powerful with artful and theatrical storytelling. Because this is a Terence Anthony play, the characters are deliciously complex and richly realized. I honestly can't believed it hasn't been snatched up yet. What are you waiting for?! This is a story that needs to be told.

    I saw the very first reading of this play in 2016 and I'm still thinking about it. Someone please produce this play already. The House of the Negro Insane is haunting and powerful with artful and theatrical storytelling. Because this is a Terence Anthony play, the characters are deliciously complex and richly realized. I honestly can't believed it hasn't been snatched up yet. What are you waiting for?! This is a story that needs to be told.

    ”