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Antoinette Nwandu is an American playwright based in New York. Background. Antoinette Nwandu was born and raised in Los Angeles. She studied at Harvard University, the University of Edinburgh, and the Tisch School of the Arts.
Jun 26, 2020 · A rich, angry and deeply moving play about two young African Americans living in the shadow of police violence, it was written in the wake of the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in 2012 and...
Jun 12, 2018 · Antoinette Nwandu’s “Pass Over” considers the fate of young black men in a gun-torn city. Its first production caused a stir — and won a fan in Spike Lee.
Deep Roots. Playwright Antoinette Nwandu confronts race, religion, and her personal history. by Olivia Schwob. March-April 2020. Director Spike Lee filmed a Steppenwolf performance of Nwandu’s debut play, Pass Over, for Amazon Studios. Actors Jon Michael Hill (seated) and Namir Smallwood in the Lincoln Center Theater production of Pass Over
Jan 31, 2020 · Antoinette Nwandu’s plays include Breach, Pass Over, 4 Sustenance, Black Boy and the War, Vanna White Must Die and FLAT SAM. Her accolades include multiple awards and a...
Aug 23, 2021 · Antoinette Nwandu's Pass Over, a surreal, brainy and morbidly funny new play, marks the return of Broadway after the COVID-19 shutdown.
Aug 6, 2021 · Antoinette Nwandu’s “ Pass Over ” made its Broadway debut this week. Drawing on “Waiting for Godot” and the Book of Exodus, the play follows two Black men trapped on a city block — both by...
