Dael Orlandersmith
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Dael Orlandersmith is an actress, poet and playwright who is best known for her Obie Award
winning Beauty's Daughter and the 2002 Pulitzer Prize
Finalist in Drama, Yellowman
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Part of her award-winning Beauty's Daughter's program can be heard as a segment of a September 1996 taping of radio show "This American Life"; in this segment, Orlandersmith performs "When You Talk About Music", in which she portrays a 31-year-old Italian male who meets a black woman at a mutual friend's wedding and finds how much he misses musical expression.
She won the 2003 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
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Obie Award
The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards given by The Village Voice newspaper to theatre artists and groups in New York City...
winning Beauty's Daughter and the 2002 Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
Finalist in Drama, Yellowman
Yellowman (play)
Yellowman is a play written by Dael Orlandersmith. It was the 2002 Pulitzer Prize finalist for drama.-Plot summary:Divided into five parts, the play details the relationship between Eugene, a very fair skinned black man, and Alma, a large dark skinned woman. Their story begins in their youth on the...
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Part of her award-winning Beauty's Daughter's program can be heard as a segment of a September 1996 taping of radio show "This American Life"; in this segment, Orlandersmith performs "When You Talk About Music", in which she portrays a 31-year-old Italian male who meets a black woman at a mutual friend's wedding and finds how much he misses musical expression.
She won the 2003 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize established in 1978, is for English-language women playwrights. Named for Susan Smith, alumna of Smith College, who died of breast cancer.-Winners:* 1978-79 Mary O'Malley* 1979-80 Barbara Schneider...
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Awards and nominations
Awards- 2003 Drama Desk AwardDrama Desk AwardThe Drama Desk Awards, which are given annually in a number of categories, are the only major New York theater honors for which productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway compete against each other in the same category...
nomination - Outstanding Play, Yellowman