Nate Marshall
Writer. Editor. Educator. Organizer. MC.

Plays

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PLAYS

 
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No Blue Memories: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks

No Blue Memories: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks brings to life the story of one of Chicago’s most beloved figures. She was an icon, a poet laureate, and a Pulitzer Prize winner—but she was also a treasured educator and mentor to the countless writers and children who knew her as their very own “Miss Brooks.” Weaving together poetry, storytelling, sound design, original music, and striking visuals, No Blue Memories is an exploration of Brooks’s beloved city and a story of how she navigated identity, craft, and politics over the course of one of the most remarkable careers in American literary history. The performance combines intricate paper puppetry, live actors working in shadow, and an original score for an unforgettable multi-media experience.

No Blue Memories was commissioned by the Poetry Foundation for the Brooks Centenary and premiered in Chicago in November, 2017.

A Manual Cinema Production

Written by Crescendo Literary (Eve L. Ewing & Nate Marshall)

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Bruh Rabbit & The Fantastic Telling of Remington Ellis, Esq.

Brer Rabbit, the iconic trickster of African-American folklore, returns in new tales by the poet Nate Marshall: It’s a whole new briar patch now.

This program is dedicated to the life of George Terrell, A storyteller and enslaved man on the Turnwold Plantation in Eatonton, Georgia. He is one of countless storytellers with names that we will never know or get right.

Commissioned by Make Believe Association
Produced by Jeremy McCarter
Written by Nate Marshall

https://makebelieve.fm/bruh-rabbit

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