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applause reverberates the audience stands the world stops my heart explodes gratitude overflows the story has been told we have sung the song the ritual is done what has been wrought is alive standing beside me as we take a … Continue reading →

living for more than right now slipped some how through an open door freedom rider mounted by godz flying knowing everything that rises falls we like our hero’s shadows to cover the cracked walls bridge over pits into which we … Continue reading →

We are nearing the end of the road. Only King Hedley, II and Radio Golf stand between us and the completion of The American Century Cycle in chronological order. Our walk with Wilson is coming to its end. But the … Continue reading →

Blood is a motif in King Hedley, II. It is a strong and instructive note. It signals the life and death struggle to create and maintain life in marginalized spaces. The tension between the discussion of abortions and blood feuds … Continue reading →

Tonya does not want to have anymore children. Not in a world where “their friends might, kill them, the police might kill them, in a world that don’t respect life.” She says her 17 year old daughter with a baby … Continue reading →

It’s 1985 and papers are full of drive by shootings. There is no work.  In the Hill District of Pittsburgh PA and across the nation people are trying to grow opportunity out of rocky soil. The times are violent on … Continue reading →

King Hedley II is the beginning of the end of The Lower Bottom Playaz, Inc., momentous American Century Cycle Project. King Hedley is currently running at The Flight Deck on Broadway in Oakland CA. It opens The Playaz, main stage … Continue reading →

in the summer days are supposed to be longer sun beaches shorts flip flops snow cones & freedom from bells & books adventure experiences long days spent dreaming about becoming older wiser taller or just older some summers swallow you … Continue reading →