<DIV><P>This major new anthology collects new work by important artists which explore the context of African-American drama in 21st century America. The plays included are:</P> <I><P>In the Blood</I> by Suzan-Lori Parks</P><p>An examination of a homeless black women and her children based on <I>The Scarlet Letter</I>.</P> <I><P>Civil Sex</I> by Brian Freeman</P><p>A look at the intersections of civil rights on the life of activist Bayard Rustin.</P> <I><P>The Dark Kalamazoo</I> by Oni Faidi Lampley</P><p>A tale of isolation and rediscovery as a young black co-ed comes of age during a journey to Africa.</P> <I><P>Jitney</I> by August Wilson</P><p>The lives of Jitney cab drivers at a 1977 Pittsburgh cab station.</P> <I><P>Insurrection: Holding History</I> by Robert O'Hara</P><p>The lives of a young gay college student and his 189-year-old great-great-grandfather are transported back to the time of the Nat Turner slave rebellion.</P> <I><P>Crumbs from the Table of Joy</I> by Lynn Nottage</P><p>An interracial romance threatens to divide a black family set during the Harlem Renaissance.</P> <I><P>A Preface to the Alien Garden</I> by Robert Alexander</P><p>A study of the gangsta life style in present day Kansas City.</P> <I><P>A Rhyme Deferred</I> by Kamilah Forbes and Hop Hop Theatre Junction</P><p>An Afro-centric update of the Cain and Abel story.</P> <I><P>Slanguage</I> by Stephen Sapp and Universes</P><p>Rhyme, roots, rhythm and storytelling to a hip hop beat.</P><p><B>Harry Elam, Jr.</B> is the Director of Graduate Studies for Drama at Stanford University. He has directed numerous plays, including works of August Wilson, who is the subject of his forthcoming book.</P><p><B>Robert Alexander</B> is the author of <I>I Ain't Yo' Uncle, Servant of the People</I> and <I>The Last Orbit of Billy Mars</I>. Mr. Alexander is currently in residence at D.C.'s Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company.</P></DIV>