1Which play is Amiri Baraka's subway confrontation between Clay; a young Black man; and Lula; a white woman?
Dutchman
2Who wrote Dutchman?
Amiri Baraka also known earlier as LeRoi Jones
3What is the core plot of Dutchman?
Lula seduces and taunts Clay on a subway; Clay finally delivers an enraged critique of racism; Lula stabs him; passengers remove his body; then she targets another young Black man
4What writing style should make you think of Dutchman?
Fast confrontational dialogue; sexual provocation; racial stereotypes turned into weapons; bitter satire; and a sudden explosive Black male monologue
5If a quote invokes an apple; a subway car; bohemian middle-class performance; white liberal racism; or a threat of rational Black revenge; what play should you think of?
Dutchman by Amiri Baraka
6What does Lula's final move toward another young Black man suggest in Dutchman?
The racial-sexual violence is cyclical and systemic rather than a one-time personal conflict
7Which play is Adrienne Kennedy's dreamlike drama centered on Sarah and her fractured selves?
Funnyhouse of a Negro
8Who wrote Funnyhouse of a Negro?
Adrienne Kennedy
9What is the core plot of Funnyhouse of a Negro?
Sarah is overwhelmed by trauma around race; ancestry; and her parents; her imagined selves confront a frightening father and impossible inherited identities; the play ends in psychic collapse and death
10What writing style should make you think of Funnyhouse of a Negro?
Surreal fragmented dream theatre; white and black imagery; mirrors; gothic rooms; doubling; historical figures; repetition; and identity splintered into selves
11Which figures appear as Sarah's selves in Funnyhouse of a Negro?
The Duchess of Hapsburg; Queen Victoria Regina; Jesus; and Patrice Lumumba
12If a quote speaks of a funnyhouse; no places; castles; hair falling out; Africa; mirrors; or becoming someone else; what play should you think of?
Funnyhouse of a Negro by Adrienne Kennedy
13Which play is Richard Wesley's revolutionary adventure story about a Black liberation cell debating and carrying out armed struggle?
The Black Terror
14Who wrote The Black Terror?
Richard Wesley
15What is the core conflict of The Black Terror?
A militant Black revolutionary group faces state repression; internal ideology; and the real human costs of turning armed revolution into action
16What writing style should make you think of The Black Terror?
Urgent political debate; collective rhetoric; revolutionary vocabulary; tactical argument; and a near-future atmosphere shaped by Black Power and COINTELPRO
17Which historical pressures inform The Black Terror?
The Black Panther Party; police raids; COINTELPRO; the assassination of Fred Hampton; anti-colonial revolution; and skepticism about armed resistance
18Which musical theatre work by Langston Hughes stages Jim Crow through song; gospel; allegory; and personified oppression?
Jerico-Jim Crow
19Who wrote Jerico-Jim Crow?
Langston Hughes
20What is the core idea of Jerico-Jim Crow?
The play uses a symbolic Jim Crow figure and a Black community's music to dramatize the cruelty and endurance of segregation
21What writing style should make you think of Jerico-Jim Crow?
Blues and gospel rhythms; folk-theatre energy; lyric repetition; communal voices; allegorical characters; and direct political satire
22If a quote says Black people love segregation like a hound dog loves a bone; what play should you think of?
Jerico-Jim Crow by Langston Hughes
23Which play was directed in its early production by Alvin Ailey and includes gospel music associated with Hugh Porter?
Jerico-Jim Crow
24Which jazz allegory by Archie Shepp was originally titled The Communist?
Junebug Graduates Tonight
25Who wrote Junebug Graduates Tonight?
Archie Shepp
26What is the basic world of Junebug Graduates Tonight?
A poor Black family and community gather around Junebug's graduation while songs; political dreams; satire; and social violence turn the event into a jazz-inflected allegory
27What writing style should make you think of Junebug Graduates Tonight?
Jazz improvisation; songs interrupting dialogue; abrasive humor; political surrealism; wordplay; and characters such as America and Uncle Sam
28If a play feels like a musical collage where family talk collides with Black radical politics and a graduation ceremony; what play should you think of?
Junebug Graduates Tonight by Archie Shepp
29Which play by Aishah Rahman intertwines pregnant teenagers in the Hide-A-Wee Home for Unwed Mothers with a dying musician in Pasha's boudoir?
Unfinished Women Cry in No Man's Land While a Bird Dies in a Gilded Cage
30Who wrote Unfinished Women Cry in No Man's Land While a Bird Dies in a Gilded Cage?
Aishah Rahman
31What is the core plot of Unfinished Women Cry in No Man's Land While a Bird Dies in a Gilded Cage?
Young unmarried pregnant women confront isolation; shame; motherhood; and adoption while Charlie Parker's decline and music create a parallel meditation on birth; suffering; art; and freedom
32What writing style should make you think of Unfinished Women Cry in No Man's Land While a Bird Dies in a Gilded Cage?
Jazz structure; improvisation; polyrhythm; two interwoven settings; live music; poetic dialogue; and the musician as metaphor rather than literal realism
33What does Charlie Parker or Bird represent in Unfinished Women Cry?
Music's ability to connect fragmented lives and give form to inner chaos
34Which play or performance text asks the political question built into the title Uh; Uh; But How Do It Free Us?
Uh; Uh; But How Do It Free Us?
35Who is the playwright speaking in Uh; Uh; But How Do It Free Us?
Ed Bullins
36What does Ed Bullins emphasize in Uh; Uh; But How Do It Free Us?
The playwright uses dialogue to say what is; theatre should confront lived conditions; and artistic expression must be tested against whether it helps free people
37What writing style should make you think of Ed Bullins?
Streetwise vernacular; compressed scenes; urban Black life; political urgency; unsentimental conflict; and skepticism toward art that does not change material conditions
38Which play is associated with Ed Bullins's vision of Black urban tenement life and people trying to escape a destructive city?
The Bronx Is Next as discussed in Uh; Uh; But How Do It Free Us?