Beatdown
Three Plays
- Publisher
- Playwrights Canada Press
- Initial publish date
- Jul 2006
- Category
- Canadian
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780887548383
- Publish Date
- Jul 2006
- List Price
- $17.95
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Description
Joseph Jomo Pierre's world is one of fatherless children, where boys turn to drugs and guns while girls turn to motherhood at the blink of an eye, where the colour of your skin dictates the course your life will take, where your brothers are as likely to pull you back down, as to help you get up.
Includes:
Born Ready a. k.a. Black on Both Side
BeatDown a. k.a. Life
Pusha-Man a. k.a. The Seed
About the author
Trinidadian born. Scarborough raised. Joseph is a York University graduate with a BFA in acting. His first works were independently produced projects. Born Ready and Pusha-Man marked his mainstream introduction to the Toronto theatre scene. His goal as a writer has always been to inject the life experiences and culture around him into his work. To reflect the images and struggles of a people that rarely see themselves on stage, yet whose stories are as valued as any other.
Editorial Reviews
"…an important new playwright, Joseph Jomo Pierre. He explores the young urban black experience with a keen ear and a strong sense of theatricality."
NOW Magazine
