BIPOC Playwrights Festival

2023 BIPOC PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL

SEMI-FINALS:

The Semi-Finals Consist Of An In-Person 20-Minute Reading Before An Audience And Judges.
The Four Semifinalists: 1) Donald S. Hall, 2) Alethia McCollin, 3) Tamara Goode, 4) Rory Sheriff

In 2021, AAPG partnered with Matthews Playhouse of the Performing Arts to produce its very first-of-its-kind BIPOC Playwrights Festival. Five semi-finalists were chosen who displayed their original works in a reading on April 10, 2021. The winner of the event won a full-fledge production in the Matthews Playhouse season in the Fall. Coolidge Harris II, Playwright of the stage play, "Greenwood", received the grand prize.

2021 BIPOC PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL

ELIZABETH FLAX, DIRECTOR

PLAYWRIGHT, COOLIDGE HARRIS II, AND GRAND-DAUGHTER

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2022 BIPOC PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL

BIPOC PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL

Diversity & Inclusion In Action

Set in New York City in the 1990s, A House Is Not a Home explores the dynamics between father (Andre Minkins) and son (Tyler G. Thompson), hip-hop culture, and the consequences of divorce. As a New York City corrections officer, David is struggling to accept his role in the destruction of his family and marriage. Things take a turn for the worse when David invites a female friend (Mishunda Mathis) to live with him and his 20-year-old son.