Question
One playwright of this surname hosted “black out” nights, where only Black patrons are invited to attend, for the Cambridge production of her play What to Send Up When It Goes Down. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this surname, shared by the playwright who hosted a black out night for his play Tambo & Bones and by the playwright who first started the practice of black out nights on Broadway in 2019.
ANSWER: Harris [accept Aleshea Harris; accept Dave Harris; accept Jeremy O. Harris]
[10m] Jeremy O. Harris, who started that practice, won the Kennedy Center’s award named for this playwright. Li’l Bit struggles with Uncle Peck’s sexual abuse in this author’s play How I Learned to Drive.
ANSWER: Paula Vogel
[10e] Harris’s Slave Play broke the record for most nominations for a play, beating the 2018 revival of this Tony Kushner play, whose first part is subtitled Millennium Approaches.
ANSWER: Angels in America [accept Angels in America: Millennium Approaches; accept Angels in America: Perestroika]
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Summary
| 2025 ACF Nationals | 04/19/2025 | Y | 15 | 17.33 | 100% | 67% | 7% |
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