Pages Tagged With: "playwriting"
Jamie J. Brunson
Jamie J. Brunson Wilmington Established Literature: Playwriting By: Gail Obenreder “All of my work seeks to give voice to the raw, dark truths of systematically disavowed characters and the personal and generational trauma that shapes them.” Writer, performer, and producer Jamie J. Brunson considers herself “a true child of the Civil Rights struggle in America […]Read More
Jim Hawkins
Jim Hawkins Smyrna Emerging Literature: Playwriting By: Gail Obenreder “Theatre is a collaborative art, and a play truly lives when the director, actors, designers, crew and audience engage with the script.” A decade ago, Jim Hawkins decided to become a playwright after a 25-year career as a Methodist minister. Though he was a published nonfiction […]Read More
Njideka Wiggins
Njideka Wiggins Wilmington Emerging Literature: Playwriting By: Gail Obenreder “I devoured and savored words – written, spoken, sung – since I could remember. Writing chose me, long before I knew a black girl could be a writer.” Though she was always in love with words – “while other little girls played with dolls, I was […]Read More
