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CYNTHIA G. ROBINSON "When Night Falls"
Blackboard Plays
Devoted to the Black Playwright since 2008
WHEN NIGHT FALLS
written by Cynthia G. Robinson
directed by Cezar Williams
followed by a 20 minute talkback
~refreshments provided~
ABOUT THE PLAY:
Josiane Bisimwa, a Sudanese woman, falls victim to unspeakable violence and destruction that ravishes her small village and destroys her young family. She escapes to a refugee camp where she befriends Katherine Rice, a grieving American doctor who brings her to the United States. Although no longer in the Sudan, Josiane is plagued by guilt and is haunted by her past and the family she left behind. Bonded by grief and personal loss, these women struggle to heal, find peace, and the courage to love again.
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT:
CYNTHIA G. ROBINSON
Cynthia G. Robinson is a Playwright, Educator, Teaching Artist, and Producer. She holds a B.A. in English from Syracuse University and an M.A. in English Education from New York University. Her post-graduate studies include English Education at Trinity College,University of Oxford in the U.K.
Cynthias plays include Dancing on Eggshells (The Billie Holiday Theatre); Peolas Passing (Samuel French Off Off Broadway Theatre Festival; New Perspectives Theatre Company; Festival De Teatro Alternativo, Bogota, Columbia); Nightfall (The Fire This Time Festival); Gold Star Mother (EstroGenius Festival; publication in Book of Estro); Ascension (National Black Theatre Festival; NYC International Fringe Festival); Thunder: A Musical Memoir (NYC International Fringe Festival).
Awards and honors include: AUDELCO Recognition Award for Excellence in Black Theatre, Nominee (Dancing On Eggshells); Rising Circle Theater Collective/INKTank Playwriting Residency;
Westchester Community College Foundation Faculty Excellence
Award for Scholarship and Creative Activities; State University of New York Chancellors Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities; Final Forty Playwright, Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play; Finalist, Black and Latino Playwrights Conference (Texas State University); Calvin B. Grimes Scholar-in- Residence (NYU);Tribeca All-Access Open Stage; Best New Play IRNE nomination(Ascension); Thomas Barbour Memorial Playwrights Award, Finalist(The Panacea).
Publications: Indie Theater Now (Ascension, Nightfall, Peolas
Passing); The Book of Estrogenius 2012: A Celebration of Female
Voices (Gold Star Mother). Cynthia is a member of The League of Professional Theatre Women,The Dramatists Guild of America, Inc., and serves as Co-moderator for The Fire This Time Festival Writers Group. She lives with her husband and creative partner, Cezar Williams, and their two daughters.
CynthiaGRobinson.com
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Locationthe cell (View)
338 West 23rd Street
New York, NY 10011
United States
Categories
| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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