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Contemporary Women Playwrights:
Kia Corthron
Note: Most of the plays by Kia Corthron listed here are available online through the database
Black Drama: 1850 to the Present (Rutgers restricted access). You can access the database from the
Libraries' "Indexes and Databases" page, or search for a specific play title in the IRIS catalog
and look for an electronic access link.
American Theatre Wing Biography (with video):
http://www.americantheatrewing.org/biography/detail/kim_corthron
7-11.
Available from RU-ONLINE
Anchor Aria.
Available from RU-ONLINE
Breath, Boom
(in Lane, Eric and Shengold, Nina, Leading Women: Plays for Actresses II, New York: Vintage Books, 2002).
DOUGLASS PS627.W66L43 2002
Cage Rhythm
(in Mahone, Sydné, Moon Marked and Touched by Sun: Plays by African-American Women, New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1994).
CAMDEN PS628.N4M66 1994
DOUGLASS PS628.N4M66 1994
KILMER PS628.N4M66 1994
(Also available from RU-ONLINE)
Catnap Allegiance.
Available from RU-ONLINE
Come Down Burning
(in Stein, Howard and Young, Glenn, The Best American Short Plays, 1993-1994, New York: Applause Theatre Book, 1994).
ALEXANDER PN6120.A4B44 yr. 1993/94
DOUGLASS PN6120.A4B464 yr. 1993/94
(Also in Elam, Harry Justin and Alexander, Robert, Colored Contradictions: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Plays, New York: Plume, 1996)
ALEXANDER PS628.N4C65 1996
(Also in Perkins, Kathy and Uno, Roberta, Contemporary Plays by Women of Color, London: Routlege, 1996)
ALEXANDER PS627.M5C66 1996
CAMDEN PS627.M5C66 1996
DOUGLASS PS627.M5C66 1996
(Also available from RU-ONLINE)
Digging Eleven.
Available from RU-ONLINE
Force Continuum
(New York: Dramatists Play Service, 2002).
On order for DOUGLASS
Life by Asphyxiation
(in Weiss, M. Jerry, The Signet Book of Short Plays, New York: Signet Classics, 2004).
DOUGLASS PS627.O53S58 2004
Safe Box.
Available from RU-ONLINE
Seeking the Genesis
(New York: Dramatists Play Service, 2002).
On order for DOUGLASS
Somnia.
Available from RU-ONLINE
Splash Hatch on the E Going Down
(New York: Dramatists Play Service, 2002).
On order for DOUGLASS
Up.
Available from RU-ONLINE
Wake Up Lou Riser.
Available from RU-ONLINE
The Wire
(Home Box Office, Inc., 2008).
HBO Biography: http://www.hbo.com/thewire/cast/crew/kia_corthron.shtml
Website: ttp://www.hbo.com/thewire/
Compiled by John Beekman
