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Drama Canadian

Beatdown

Three Plays

by (author) Joseph Jomo Pierre

Publisher
Playwrights Canada Press
Initial publish date
Jul 2006
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780887548383
    Publish Date
    Jul 2006
    List Price
    $17.95

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Out of print

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Description

Joseph Jomo Pierre's world is one of fatherless children, where boys turn to drugs and guns while girls turn to motherhood at the blink of an eye, where the colour of your skin dictates the course your life will take, where your brothers are as likely to pull you back down, as to help you get up.

Includes:

Born Ready a. k.a. Black on Both Side
BeatDown a. k.a. Life
Pusha-Man a. k.a. The Seed

About the author

Trinidadian born. Scarborough raised.  Joseph is a York University graduate with a BFA in acting. His first works were independently produced projects. Born Ready and Pusha-Man marked his mainstream introduction to the Toronto theatre scene. His goal as a writer has always been to inject the life experiences and culture around him into his work. To reflect the images and struggles of a people that rarely see themselves on stage, yet whose stories are as valued as any other.

Joseph Jomo Pierre's profile page

Editorial Reviews

"…an important new playwright, Joseph Jomo Pierre. He explores the young urban black experience with a keen ear and a strong sense of theatricality."

NOW Magazine