VANTABLACK by
40 scenes about 40 acres. A lip sync dinner. Interviews about fantasies and imagination. A marathon triptych, VANTABLACK deconstructs the idea of reparations to explore how black people conceptualize and perform utopia.
Nazareth Hassan
Nazareth Hassan
Nazareth Hassan is a southern writer, director, video artist and musician based in Brooklyn, NY. He is the 2017 recipient of the Dramatist Guild Young Playwright Award and the 2019 recipient of the Himan Brown Writing Award. His plays have been shown and workshopped in cities including New York, London, and Berlin, at institutions including The Bushwick Starr, Theatertreffen Stuckemarkt, Horizon Theater Company...
Nazareth Hassan is a southern writer, director, video artist and musician based in Brooklyn, NY. He is the 2017 recipient of the Dramatist Guild Young Playwright Award and the 2019 recipient of the Himan Brown Writing Award. His plays have been shown and workshopped in cities including New York, London, and Berlin, at institutions including The Bushwick Starr, Theatertreffen Stuckemarkt, Horizon Theater Company, and the Royal Court Theatre, where he is currently under workshop and a part of their long form writer's group. His essays and fiction have been published by Waif Magazine, ThreadMag and Without Further Adu. He has performed as a singer at venues including Boston Symphony Hall, Joe's Pub, Atlanta Symphony Hall, The Fox Theatre, Mercury Lounge, NY Comic Con and Lincoln Center. MFA: Brooklyn College (playwriting). BFA: NYU (directing).