A stunning collection of plays from Pulitzer Prize-winning
playwright Suzan-Lori Parks that captures the societal rupture of the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
On March 13, 2020, as theaters shut their doors and the world
went into lockdown, Suzan-Lori Parks picked up her pen and set out to write a
play every day. What emerged is a breathtaking chronicle of our collective
experience throughout the troubling days and nights that followed. Parks’s
groundbreaking new work bears witness to what we’ve experienced and offers
inspiration as we look ahead.
"On March 13, 2020, as theaters shut their doors and so many of us went into lockdown, Suzan-Lori Parks picked up her pen and set out to write a play every day. What emerged is a ... chronicle of our collective experience throughout the troubling days and nights that followed. Plays for the Plague Year is at once a personal story of one family's daily lives, as well as a sweeping account of all we faced as a city, a nation, and a global community. Parks' ... work is brimming with humanity, bears witness to what we've experienced, and offers inspiration as we look ahead"--
