Parental Advisory: The Story of a Warning Label

Hip-Hop, Humor and the History of Censorship

In this high-energy World Premiere by award-winning playwright Idris Goodwin (HBO’s Def Poetry Jam), two Hip-Hop artists mix slick beats and rhymes with important questions about censorship and expression in popular music. This engaging new play – half DJ jam session, half TED Talk – uses wit, humor and the uncanny powers of the Wu-Tang Clan to enter a conversation on parenting, identity and survival. At what age is it appropriate to introduce our children to music, life and an uncertain world – however controversial it may be? Find out more...Playwright Spotlight: What's Best of the Children - a Q&A with playwright Idris GoodwinQ: How did you get into playwriting?A: I had just graduated film school in Chicago in the days when filmmaking was very, very expensive. I had no uncle in the business, no trust fund or credit cards to max out. But I was friends with a ton of frustrated auditioning actors who started or were affiliated with theater companies. I started writing plays. Then I was lucky enough to land a spot in the Rhinoceros Theater Festival in Chicago 20 years ago! Theatre was available to me, accessible, and full of possibility and potential.Read more...