Holy Ground: The National Black Theatre Festival Anthology

A collection of plays and monologues from the National Black Theatre Festival, one of the most significant events in American theatre. With a manifesto by Dr Maya Angelou.

Held every two years in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, this gathering of Black theatre companies and artists from across the globe features an extraordinary array of performances, workshops, films, spoken-word poetry, and more. This volume includes three full-length plays produced at the Festival:

Maid's Door by Cheryl L. Davis
Berta, Berta by Angelica Chéri
Looking for Leroy by Larry Muhammad

It also includes seventeen monologues and scenes selected from each year of the Festival, featuring the work of Jackie Alexander, Ifa Bayeza, Pearl Cleage, Kamilah Forbes, Endesha Ida Mae Holland, Javon Johnson, Rhodessa Jones, and others.