Poets & Writers Theater
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“The White Card is a play I wanted to write because it seemed to me that people had a difficult time talking about race. And I thought, ‘What would it look like?’” In this ArtsEmerson video, Claudia Rankine talks about the inspiration for her debut play, The White Card: A Play (Graywolf Press, 2019), which is featured in Page One in the March/April issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Tags: Not Genre-Specific | Claudia Rankine | The White Card | play | playwriting | Graywolf Press | 2019 | Page One | March/April 2019 -
In this video, Claudia Rankine talks about how touring for her award-winning book Citizen: An American Lyric (Graywolf Press, 2014) organically led to the development of her new play, The White Card. The play unfolds as an influential white couple invites an up-and-coming black artist over to their posh New York City loft for a dinner party. The world premiere is directed by Diane Paulus and produced by the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Tags: Poetry | Claudia Rankine | Citizen: An American Lyric | Graywolf Press | 2014 | 2018 | The White Card | play | theater
