Dramaturg Interview: Martine Kei Green-Rogers on Radio Golf

Authors

  • Melonnie Walker Independent Scholar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/awj.2019.15

Keywords:

August Wilson, Chicago, Court Theatre, Radio Golf, Pittsburgh, Hill District, Dramaturgy, Martine Kei Green-Rogers

Abstract

An interview with Martine Kei Green-Rogers, dramaturg for Court Theater's (Chicago) production of Radio Golf.

Author Biography

Melonnie Walker, Independent Scholar

Melonnie Walker is a graduate of the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Master of Arts program in Theatre History, where she focused her research on the legacy of August Wilson.  Her published thesis explores how Wilson’s American Century Cycle preserves history and honors African rituals throughout the ten-play canon.  She has also served as production scholar to lecture on the themes and content of Fences and Radio Golf.  She is a member of the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas serves as an executive board member and Communications Director of the August Wilson Society.  Recent dramaturgical credits include Seven Guitars (UMKC Theatre); Eclipsed (Unicorn Theatre); Freedom Rider and Fences (Kansas City Repertory Theatre); The Colored Museum (The Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City); and Radio Golf (KC MeltingPot Theatre).

References

Wilson, August. Radio Golf. Theatre Communications Group. 2007.

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Published

2019-06-21

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Section

Dramaturgy