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Say Their Names: Drama of the Black Lives Matter Era 说出他们的名字:黑人的命也重要时代的戏剧

the Black Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-07-24 DOI: 10.2458/tbtr.4824

Deborah R. Geis

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“A [B]lack Baudelaire”: Linguistic Panic and Symbolism in Amiri Baraka’s 1960s Life and Work “A [B]缺乏波德莱尔”:阿米里·巴拉卡20世纪60年代生活与工作中的语言恐慌与象征主义

the Black Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-07-24 DOI: 10.2458/tbtr.4770

S. Zimmerman

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Preparing Soul Food: Investigating Performativity vis-á-vis Cultural Memory 准备灵魂食物:调查表演与-á-vis文化记忆

the Black Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-07-24 DOI: 10.2458/tbtr.4779

Michelle Cowin Gibbs

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BREAKING IT DOWN Audition Techniques for Actors of the Global Majority 全球大多数演员的试镜技巧

the Black Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-07-24 DOI: 10.2458/tbtr.4778

Runako Jahi

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An Angel, a Thief, and a Mothership: Black Movements through Time and Space 天使、小偷和母舰:穿越时空的黑人运动

the Black Theatre Review Pub Date : 2022-07-24 DOI: 10.2458/tbtr.4771

Danielle AD Howard

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the Black Theatre Review Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.2458/tbtr.5641

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the Black Theatre Review Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.2458/tbtr.5568

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the Black Theatre Review Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.2458/tbtr.5710

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the Black Theatre Review Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.2458/tbtr.5547