The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World is a play written by Suzan-Lori Parks, premiering in 1990 and eventually receiving an Off-Broadway production in 2016. The play was praised by critics for its complexity, covering diverse...

Father Comes Home from the Wars is award-winning author Suzan-Lori Parks' play about a young enslaved man during Civil War times. Published in three parts in 2014, Parks' play follows Homer, a slave who is given an opportunity to escape bondage....

Topdog/Underdog is a play that was written by Suzan-Lori Parks and premiered in 2001 in New York City. This play was well received, having won Parks the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama as well as collecting a few other awards. Suzan-Lori Parks is an...

Sarah "Saartjie" Baartman was a sideshow then a headlining attraction for audiences in Britain in the Nineteenth Century, billed as the Hottentot Venus, and it is at this time in her life that we meet her in Suzan-Lori Parks' play. Written in...