FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 11, 2020 | CONTACT: Corinna Schulenburg, cschulenburg@tcg.org | 212-609-5941
New from TCG Books:
Until the Flood
by Dael Orlandersmith
NEW YORK, NY – Theatre Communications Group (TCG) is pleased to announce the publication of Until the Flood by Dael Orlandersmith. Until the Flood was commissioned by and received its world premiere at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis in St. Louis, Missouri in the fall of 2016.
“Until the Flood is an urgent moral inquest.” —Jesse Green, New York Times
In the gripping and revelatory Until the Flood, Dael Orlandersmith journeys into the heart and soul of modern-day America—confronting the powerful forces of history, race, and politics. Drawn from interviews following the shooting of a black teenager, Michael Brown, by a white police officer, Darren Wilson, Orlandersmith embodies the many faces of a community rallying for justice and a country still yearning for change.
“Until the Flood is far and away the richest and most painful of the Orlandersmith pieces I have seen…So palpably compassionate, it achieves a great beauty by bringing us together rather than driving us apart.” —Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune
Dael Orlandersmith is an actor, poet, and playwright. Her play Yellowman was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. She is currently working on two new plays and a novel.
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Until the Flood
By Dael Orlandersmith
144 pages
February 2020
$14.95
Paperback
978-1-55936-596-3
eBook
978-1-55936-909-1
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