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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.
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
Aug 23, 2021 · Antoinette Nwandu's play Pass Over, a surreal and existential drama about two Black men trapped on a street corner, is the first full play to open on Broadway after the COVID-19 shutdown. The play explores the Black experience with humor, anger and ambiguity, and features Jon Michael Hill and Namir Smallwood as the main characters.
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...
Aug 6, 2021 · The playwright Antoinette Nwandu is making her Broadway debut with “Pass Over” — and trying to change long-held precedents in the process.
- Dodai Stewart
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.
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Sep 13, 2021 · “Pass Over,” by Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu, opens on a stark and uninviting nocturnal tableau. Above a huge metallic street lamp stretch several crisscrossing beams of white light.
