We are proud to offer the best examples of theatre from children to adult. Like previous year winners, this year's AATE award-winning plays and authors are among our finest.
Congratulations to the 2008 Distinguished Play Award
Recipients
Middle/Secondary
Mixing powerful storytelling and contemporary music with stand-up comedy "rants" about culture and society inspired by such literary classics as To Kill a Mockingbird, The Invisible Man and Brave New World, this imaginative new work asserts that if you look beneath the surface, you'll see that the world is what YOU make it … and the time to start creating it is NOW. (Cast size:1m., 1w. Approximate running time: 1 hour, 15 minutes.)
Drama. Adapted by Lydia R. Diamond from the novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison.The Bluest Eye is a story about the tragic life of a young black girl in 1940's Ohio. Eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlove wants nothing more than to be loved by her family and schoolmates. Instead, she faces constant ridicule and abuse. She blames her dark skin and prays for blue eyes, sure that love will follow. With rich language and bold vision, this powerful adaptation of an American classic explores the crippling toll that a legacy of racism has taken on a community, a family and an innocent girl. (Cast: 2 to 3m., 6 to 10w. Approximate running time: 90 minutes.)
