Other Side of the Game (Paperback)

Amanda Parris

ISBN 10: 1770919910 / ISBN 13: 9781770919914

Published by Playwrights Canada Press,Canada, 2020

About this Item

Paperback. 'I dont think you can expect society to change if youre not ready to take the first step.'In the 1970s, Beverly walks into an office of Black activists, wanting to join the Movement, and has to prove she's committed enough to fight.Some forty years later, in the Hip Hop Generation, Nicole reunites with her ex-boyfriend on a basketball court, wondering where he's been, when a police officer stops them.In her striking debut play, Other Side of the Game, Amanda Parris turns the spotlight on the Black women who organise communities, support their incarcerated loved ones, and do battle with institutions, living each day by a ride-or-die philosophy, strengthening their voices and demanding to be heard.Other Side of the Game was premiered at Aki Studio Theatre, Toronto, co-produced by Cahoots Theatre and Obsidian Theatre Company in 2017. It won the Governor General's Literary Award in 2019. A debut play by a Canadian playwright, giving voices to Black women who organise communities, support their incarcerated loved ones, and do battle with institutions. Winner of the 2019 Governor General's Literary Award. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Other Side of the Game (Paperback)
• Publisher: Playwrights Canada Press,Canada
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1770919910
• ISBN 13: 9781770919914
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

In the 1970s, Beverly walks into an office of Black activists, wanting to join the Movement, and has to prove she's angry enough to fight. Some forty years later, in the Hip Hop Generation, Nicole reunites with her ex-boyfriend on a basketball court, wondering where he's been, when a police officer stops them.

About the Author

By day, Amanda Parris is a TV and radio host. By night, she writes stories for the stage and screen. In past lives she was an educator who wrote arts-based curricula, attended numerous acting auditions, and dreamed of opening a school that Blue Ivy Carter would attend. She is the co-founder of the award-winning alternative education organization Lost Lyrics and worked with the Remix Project. She was a playwright-in-residence at Cahoots Theatre and Alameda Theatre and studied writing and acting at b current and the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. She is based in Toronto.