Person Place or Thing
By James A. Tyler
and A. Davis Smith
April 16 - 26
and A. Davis Smith
April 16 - 26
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Inspired by stories straight from the mouths of Brooklyn residents, playwrights James A. Tyler and A. Davis Smith present their collaboration Person Place or Thing, a series of interlocking devised vignettes that explore the personal as political, and the political as place. Weaving together stories from cultural nomads in Cuba and ex-pats in Korea, to first-generation immigrants in Brooklyn and California (and spaces in-between), these histories toe the hazy line between people and the spaces we inhabit.
Inspired by stories straight from the mouths of Brooklyn residents, playwrights James A. Tyler and A. Davis Smith present their collaboration Person Place or Thing, a series of interlocking devised vignettes that explore the personal as political, and the political as place. Weaving together stories from cultural nomads in Cuba and ex-pats in Korea, to first-generation immigrants in Brooklyn and California (and spaces in-between), these histories toe the hazy line between people and the spaces we inhabit.
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James Anthony Tyler has an MFA in Film from Howard University and an MFA in Dramatic Writing from New York University. He’s the recipient of a Paul Robeson Award and John Golden Playwriting Award. His play Some Old Black Man starring Arthur French had a reading at La MaMa as part of the Shadow Festival in February 2014, and his play The Drop Off recently had a concert reading as part of the Future Classics Series presented by The Classical Theatre of Harlem. His play You’re Sitting in the Dark was a 2014 O’Neil Playwright’s Conference semi-finalist. His 10-minute play Dolphins and Sharks is to be featured in the 6th season of The Fire This Time Festival to be held in January and February 2015, and he is currently a 2014-2015 Dramatists Guild Fellow.
A. Davis Smith is a 2014 recipient of a theatrical grant from the Brooklyn Arts Council. She has had productions with the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA, Brooklyn), at Piano Fight Theater (San Francisco), Z Space (San Francisco), and PAC Theater (New Rochelle, NY), as well as NYU's 10-Minute play festival and monologue festival, and created an original pilot sold to CBS through the Humble Journey Films banner. Most recently, she was a 2014 spring fellow with This American Life on public radio and series writer for AfroPoP on PBS. She holds a BA in Visual and Media Arts from Emerson College and, through a departmental fellowship, an MFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts in Dramatic Writing.
A. Davis Smith is a 2014 recipient of a theatrical grant from the Brooklyn Arts Council. She has had productions with the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA, Brooklyn), at Piano Fight Theater (San Francisco), Z Space (San Francisco), and PAC Theater (New Rochelle, NY), as well as NYU's 10-Minute play festival and monologue festival, and created an original pilot sold to CBS through the Humble Journey Films banner. Most recently, she was a 2014 spring fellow with This American Life on public radio and series writer for AfroPoP on PBS. She holds a BA in Visual and Media Arts from Emerson College and, through a departmental fellowship, an MFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts in Dramatic Writing.
