The first year of the Refocus Project spotlighted the work of 20th century Black playwrights, including Angelina Weld Grimké, Zora Neale Hurston, Shirley Graham Du Bois, Samm-Art Williams, and Alice Childress, in partnership with Black Theatre United.
We encourage you to get to know these works and join us in redefining them as the American classics they truly are.
HOME (1979)
By Samm-Art Williams
Directed by Kenny Leon
Streamed from April 30–May 3, 2021
Rachel (1916)
by Angelina Weld Grimké
Directed by Miranda Haymon
Streamed from May 4–7, 2021
I Gotta Home (1939)
by Shirley Graham Du Bois
Directed by Steve H. Broadnax III
Streamed from May 7–10, 2021
Spunk (1935)
by Zora Neale Hurston
Directed by Lili-Anne Brown
Streamed from May 14–17, 2021
Wine in the Wilderness (1969)
by Alice Childress
Directed by Dominique Rider
Streamed from May 21–24, 2021
Introduction to The Refocus Project
Please contact refocus@roundabouttheatre.org for further information on these resources.
Leadership support for The Refocus Project is generously provided by the Ford Foundation.
Additional funding provided by
A partnership with The New York Public Library – spanning its branches, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and Library for the Performing Arts – will further engage New Yorkers in these offerings.
