Earlier this summer, I visited Vermont. While chit chatting with a local, he joked that Vermonters usually have more than one job - like Jamaicans, a reference to the Hey Mon skits from the In Living Color comedy sketch tv series from the 90s. This past weekend, as I arrived at Signature center early to experience the second of Suzan-Lori Parks tragic red letter plays - In the Blood, the playwright herself was in the cafe performing with her band - sula and the noise. As I stood there, I recalled listening to a talk where the playwright itemized ALL the projects she is working on:
- Writing two musicals - one an adaptation of The Harder They Come and the other a musical with Timbaland
- Working on Father Comes Home - Parts 4, 5 and 6
- Two new plays that - she would not disclose the titles but promises that they are fun
- A television show
- Two different movies
- And she writes songs and plays with her band (you can see her some Saturdays at Signature Center)
Then I recalled my conversation with the Vermonter and thought Suzan-Lori Parks could very well be a Vermonter...better yet, a Jamaican...
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