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Suzan-Lori Parks (born May 10, 1963) is an American playwright, screenwriter, musician and novelist. Her play Topdog/Underdog won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2002; Parks was the first African-American woman to receive the award for drama. [ 1 ]
Suzan-Lori Parks, American playwright who was the first African American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for drama (for Topdog/Underdog). Her other plays included Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom, The America Play, Venus, In the Blood, The Book of Grace, and White Noise.
The first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama (2002) and a pioneer of historically conscious and linguistically complex theater, her work is now taught at drama schools across the country. Parks was born on May 10, 1963 at Fort Knox in Kentucky to Donald and Francis McMillian Parks.
Suzan-Lori Parks is a multi-award-winning American writer/musician and the first African-American woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Topdog/Underdog which recently enjoyed its twentieth anniversary Broadway revival. The production won both the 2023 Tony Award, (Best Revival Of A Play) and the Outer Critics Circle Award.
Apr 11, 2024 · In her new play, ‘Sally & Tom,’ Suzan-Lori Parks brings exuberant provocation to the gravest historical questions.
Apr 13, 2023 · Find out why Suzan-Lori Parks is one of the 100 most influential people of 2023.
Suzan-Lori Parks was born on 10 May 1963 in Kentucky, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for Genius (2017), Fast X (2023) and The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021). She has been married to Christian Konopka since 2017.
