Which play, written by a professor of several universities including State University of New York at Buffalo and the State University of New York at Stony Brook, shared the title of Obie award for Distinguished play?
Funnyhouse of a Negro Funnyhouse of a Negro is a one-act play by Adrienne Kennedy. "Funnyhouse of a Negro" opened off Broadway in 1964 and won the Obie award for Distinguished Play. It shared this title with Amiri Baraka's "Dutchman". The play was written during the Black Arts Movement in the "theater of the absurd" and is set within the mind of the central character, Sarah. The play is studied in college and university settings more than it is actually performed.
Carl Hancock Rux Carl Hancock Rux is an American poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, actor, director, singer/ songwriter. He is the author of several books including the Village Voice Literary Prize winning, "Pagan Operetta" , the novel "Asphalt" (novel) and the OBIE award-winning play "Talk". Rux is also a singer/songwriter with four CDs to his credit, as well as a frequent collaborator in the fields of dance, theater, film, and contemporary art . Notable collaborators include Nona Hendryx, Toshi Reagon, Bill T. Jones, Ronald K. Brown, Nick Cave, Anne Bogart, Robert Wilson, Kenny Leon, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Jonathan Demme, Stanley Nelson Jr., Carrie Mae Weems, Glenn Ligon and others. He is the recipient of numerous awards including the Doris Duke Awards for New Works, the Doris Duke Charitable Fund, the New York Foundation for the Arts Prize, the Bessie Awards and the Alpert Award in the Arts.His archives are housed at the Billy Rose Theater Division of the New York Public Library, the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution as well as the Film and Video/Theater and Dance Library of the California Institute of the Arts.