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Uppity (a form experiment) By Aurin Squire Abuse. I did intrude. Disturb, disease, refuse to serve the needs, with please, and use my voice endure 2 score your core, your soul with sores from poor in war of black on crack the ways and means, machines grind blight from bones of plight. and birds of pray nest in the way we greet and meet our kin our friend women and men but then a-gain the same refrain we sing and feign ourselves ordained to say this plain: 'hey sistah 'hey mistah. (At this point, the 'act' felt incomplete. I paused over the last 2 lines, looking for an appropriate conclusion or summations. Then I started writing the words out in reverse order, swimming back up the waterfall. UPSTREAM...) 'hey mistah. 'hey sistah. this plain: to say ordained ourselves we sing refrain the same a-gain but then and men women our friend our kin and meet we greet the way nest in of pray and birds of plight from bones grind blight machines and means, the ways on crack o...

They are here, they are here.  Have no fear.  They come to take a check, get a bump, grab a mic,  and make some lumps. They are the black mismanagement mafia.  The black mismanagement mafia! Now mis-serving and swerving, under-educating and coon-gesticulating misleading and bull shit feeding you your local outrage,  your latest social media share,  your scandal and "oh, no she didn't-s" Just pay no attention to the tiny hands in your pocket, my sheeple.  Doing deeds in darkness  but it soon comes to light. Doing dirty in alleys but the streets will make it right, cuz the black mafia vampires its next victim. Down goes another black org. Black-on-black corrupt, Black on black back-biting Black on red bankrupt.   The black mismanagement mafia strikes again.  You know the BMM: old-timers and has-beens with trunks stuffed with 'way back when,' stories and 'when I marched with Dr. King.'  And they've been riding that same march ever sinc...

1. Blueprint Series (for LA area) Deadline May 17th They're now accepting submissions to participate in our 5th annual Blueprint Series. This program is an opportunity for playwrights to work with our ensemble and other artists to collaborate on the development of new projects. If you have an idea for a play and want to work collaboratively to generate a script, you should apply. DETAILS BSTCs Blueprint Series is an opportunity for playwrights to work with our ensemble and other artists to collaborate on the development of new projects. The series will culminate in public presentation of all or some of the projects selected for development. Each project will be given devoted time in our rehearsal studio to work with our ensemble according to a schedule that suits the need of each playwright. Blueprint Series focuses on developing work from the ground up, starting with a solid idea for a play. Scripts that have already been written that are in need of revision are not appropriate fo...