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A HIT DOG WILL HOLLER

by Inda Craig-Galván

DARK COMEDY

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2 WOMEN

A popular online political and social commentator is forced to examine her own legitimacy when agoraphobia prevents her from physically engaging in the very activism she boasts about on the internet. When a bootson-the-ground community organiser invades her space, they must both deal with manifestations of fear arising from existing in America while Black. Is it just in their heads, or has racism come to their doorstep?

Black Super Hero Magic Mama

by Inda Craig-Galván

DRAMA

3 WOMEN, 5 MEN

Sabrina Jackson cannot cope with the death of her son at the hands of a White cop. Rather than herald the Black Lives Matter movement, Sabrina retreats inward, living out a comic book superhero fantasy. Will Sabrina stay in this dream world or return to reality and mourn her loss?

A HIT DOG WILL HOLLER

Tackles the private toll on Black women activists. Craig-Galván has been quickly garnering national recognition.

—Los Angeles Times

Inda Craig-Galván is a Chicagoan who lives in Los Angeles, where it’s warm. Plays include BLACK SUPER HERO MAGIC MAMA (Geffen Playhouse), I GO SOMEWHERE ELSE (Playwrights’ Arena), and THE GREAT JHERI CURL DEBATE (East West Players). A HIT DOG WILL HOLLER premiered at Skylight Theatre Company in a co-production with Playwrights’ Arena. Her plays have received the Kesselring Prize, Blue Ink Prize, and the Kennedy Center Rosa Parks Award.

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