Forms a part of: Negro Ensemble Company records. See collection record for more information.
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Author
Moore, Christopher Paul, 1952-2022.
Title
Christopher Moore plays, 1984-1989.
Access
There are no restrictions on access to the plays.
Biography
Playwright, writer and historian. Christopher Moore's first two plays, "Blood in the straw" and "The fight party," won him a place at the 1986 Eugene O'Neil National Conference. In 1988, Moore's "The last season," won the annual national playwriting contest sponsered by Columbia College. In 1992 the same play was produced to critical acclaim at Chicago's ETA theater, and again in 1996 at Detroit's Plowshare Theater. Moore is also a co-producer of The History Channel television series, "The African burial ground: an American discovery." The four-part program, featuring Maya Angelou, was the winner of the 1995 Gold Apple from the National Educational Media Networks as the year's best social studies video.
A curriculum writer and consultant to the New York City Board of Education, Moore is a member of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. He created and co-wrote "Santa & Pete: novel of Christmas present and past," 1998. Christopher Moore resides in Brooklyn, NY, and currently is employed at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library, as a research coordinator.
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Forms a part of: Negro Ensemble Company records. See collection record for more information.