“Can you name three African-American women who lived before 1865?”
Playwright and director Valerie Joyce set out on a mission to answer that question. A span of 250 years, and yet, complete silence. Not atypical, as women of color’s voices have had a long history of being diminished; none of us are shocked that, beside a few big names like Harriet Tubman, we come up blank. And if we can recall, we most definitely do not hear their stories spoken in their own words. Continue reading “Theater Review: Eugene O’Neill Foundation’s Powerful One-Woman Show I Will Speak for Myself“