Hedda and George

by Sandra A. Daley-Sharif

Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler is given a fresh examination with a vivid world and natural dialogue about Black life. Comparatively, Hedda and George is humanist work, rendered with kindness. Newlyweds Hedda and George, just back from a six-month honeymoon in Ghana, bought Maya Angelou’s iconic home in Harlem and are inspired to tackle conversations on class, conflict, and love with three generations. Issues of race...

Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler is given a fresh examination with a vivid world and natural dialogue about Black life. Comparatively, Hedda and George is humanist work, rendered with kindness. Newlyweds Hedda and George, just back from a six-month honeymoon in Ghana, bought Maya Angelou’s iconic home in Harlem and are inspired to tackle conversations on class, conflict, and love with three generations. Issues of race, legacy and Black trauma simmer beneath the surface, just waiting to be sparked like a slow burn on a hot stove. It reads like a classic as it pays tribute and monument to Lorraine Hansberry and James Baldwin.

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  • Heather Helinsky: Hedda and George by Sandra A. Daley-Sharif
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    This re-imagining of Hedda set in Maya Angelou's home in Harlem is compelling, with fresh takes and nuanced perspectives on the black experience in America, connected to the traumatic legacy of the destruction of Black Wall Street in Tulsa, 1921. This adaptation illuminates themes of contemporary relevance, and delivers nuanced characters and a tour-de-force for a leading black actress. Producing Daley-Sharif's play HEDDA AND GEORGE would subvert the countless revivals of dead white writers that never say anything new or resonant with issues in contemporary America. You'll be caught up in the...

    This re-imagining of Hedda set in Maya Angelou's home in Harlem is compelling, with fresh takes and nuanced perspectives on the black experience in America, connected to the traumatic legacy of the destruction of Black Wall Street in Tulsa, 1921. This adaptation illuminates themes of contemporary relevance, and delivers nuanced characters and a tour-de-force for a leading black actress. Producing Daley-Sharif's play HEDDA AND GEORGE would subvert the countless revivals of dead white writers that never say anything new or resonant with issues in contemporary America. You'll be caught up in the suspense of this story as well!

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  • Playwrights Foundation: Hedda and George by Sandra A. Daley-Sharif
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    The community of national and local readers for the 45th annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival in 2022 enthusiastically recommends HEDDA AND GEORGE as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We were deeply moved by the way the writer used the source material to extrapolate conversations about love, class, generational trauma, and black life. We were compelled by questions raised as the characters navigated race and class, specifically regarding when a Black woman doesn't fit or act within what is expected of her. We hope this play is widely read, finds dedicated collaborators, and moves...

    The community of national and local readers for the 45th annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival in 2022 enthusiastically recommends HEDDA AND GEORGE as a Semi-Finalist at Playwrights Foundation. We were deeply moved by the way the writer used the source material to extrapolate conversations about love, class, generational trauma, and black life. We were compelled by questions raised as the characters navigated race and class, specifically regarding when a Black woman doesn't fit or act within what is expected of her. We hope this play is widely read, finds dedicated collaborators, and moves swiftly towards production. #BAPF2022

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