{"product_id":"is-god-is-what-to-send-up-when-it-goes-down-aleshea-harris-paperback","title":"Is God Is \/ What to Send Up When It Goes Down -- Aleshea Harris, Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Furious and incandescent... Harris writes so blisteringly that the actors could just let the language's flames carry them along.\" --Helen Shaw, \u003cem\u003eTime Out New York \u003c\/em\u003eon \u003cem\u003eIs God Is\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn explosive epic that examines the cyclical nature of violence, \u003cem\u003eIs God Is \u003c\/em\u003efollows twin sisters who undertake a dangerous journey to exact revenge upon their father at the behest of their dying mother.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Aleshea Harris turns theater into a monument, ephemeral but real, to ongoing pain. You can't tear down a statue that never shows up outside.\" --Vinson Cunningham, \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e on \u003cem\u003eWhat to Send Up...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat to Send Up When It Goes Down \u003c\/em\u003eis a play-pageant-ritual response to anti-Blackness in America. It is a challenge to us all: to heal through expression, expulsion, and movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aleshea Harris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Theatre Communications Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 161\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781559369633\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAleshea Harris is a playwright, performer and educator who received an MFA in Writing for Performance from California Institute of the Arts. Her work has been presented many places, including: the Costume Shop at American Conservatory Theater, Playfest at Orlando Shakespeare Theater, VOXfest at Dartmouth, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Theatre @ Boston Court, L'École de la Comédie de Saint-Étienne, National Drama Center in France and in the 2015 anthology, \u003cem\u003eThe BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e Harris has been commissioned by American Conservatory Theater (\u003cem\u003eCrack.Rumble.Fly.\u003c\/em\u003e, 2016) and CalArts' Center for New Performance\/La Comedie de Saint-Etiénne (\u003cem\u003eThe Gap\u003c\/em\u003e, ongoing). Aleshea is a MacDowell Fellow, Hedgebrook Alum and winner of the American Playwriting Foundation's 2016 Relentless Award in honor of Philip Seymour Hoffman for her play \u003cem\u003eIs God Is\u003c\/em\u003e. She was awarded the 2020 Windham-Campbell Prize.","brand":"Aleshea Harris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67733617574116,"sku":"9781559369633","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781559369633.jpg?v=1792655409","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/is-god-is-what-to-send-up-when-it-goes-down-aleshea-harris-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}