Cover Artwork of The Call and Response Issue: an illustration of people marching
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Why a Public Statue of Lorraine Hansbury is Necessary
The maquette of Alison Saar's To Sit Awhile
The maquette of Alison Saar's To Sit Awhile

“Never be afraid to sit awhile and think”

LORRAINE HANSBERRY

 

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Julia Jordan
Julia Jordan

is the recipient of the Kleban Award, the Francesca Primus Prize, Jonathan Larson Award, Heideman Award, LeComte Nouy Award, ATT Onstage Award, and the American Spirit Award.  She has been shortlisted three times for the Susan Smith Blackburn Award. She is a Lucille Lortel Fellow, Juilliard Playwright Fellow, Manhattan Theatre Club Fellow, and MacDowell fellow.  A member of New Dramatists and the Dramatists Guild Council, she is also one of the founders of the Lilly Awards. She holds an M. Phil. in Creative Writing from Trinity College, Dublin, and has taught playwriting at Primary Stages and at Barnard College, Columbia University.

Lynn Nottage
Lynn Nottage

is a playwright and a screenwriter, and the first woman in history to win two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama. Her plays have been produced widely in the United States and throughout the world. She serves on the Dramatists Guild Council.