“…a Black actor beholden to no one but themselves, exploring their own personal, irreducible, beautiful understanding of their existence. In this, American Moor is special. One would be wise not to miss it; who knows when such a theatrical anomaly will arise again?”
Nicholas Whittaker
The Theater Mirror (New England Theater Guide)
Performances
Red Bull Theater Production
Cherry Lane Theatre
NYC, Sept/Oct, 2019
Red Bull Theater Production
Cherry Lane Theatre
NYC, Sept/Oct, 2019
Red Bull Theater Production
Cherry Lane Theatre
NYC, Sept/Oct, 2019
Red Bull Theater Production
Cherry Lane Theatre
NYC, Sept/Oct, 2019
Discussions
The Kojo Show WAMU, Washington, D.C. (NPR)
Kojo Nnamdi Speaks with Keith Hamilton Cobb & Kim Weild
Discussing “American Moor”
with Stephen Greenblatt,
Harvard University Scholar and Literary Historian
Boston, Fall 2017
Keith Hamilton Cobb & Director Kim Weild
Post-Performance Discussion
with Michael Witmore, Director, Folger Shakespeare Library
Anacostia Playhouse
Washington, D.C., Summer, 2015
A Five Act Arc of American Moor
A celebration of the Folger Shakespeare Library’s acquisition of the production script from the Anacostia Playhouse production of American Moor, March 28, 2016.
Shakespeare and Race Scholar, Kim F. Hall
Speaks on “American Moor”
at The Folger Shakespeare Library
Washington, D.C., June, 2016
Barnard College Professor Kim F. Hall lectures on “American Moor” in the context of her book “Othello Was My Grandfather: Shakespeare in the African Diaspora” at The Folger Shakespeare Library as part of the library’s celebration commemorating Shakespeare’s 400th birthday, June 27th, 2016.
Opening Night
Opening Night
Red Bull/Cherry Lane
NYC, Sept/Oct, 2019
Video/Audio Reviews
Phoenix Theatre Ensemble/O.W.I. Production
WBUR (NPR) Radio
Boston, August 2017
Red Bull Theater/Cherry Lane
Broadway Radio Podcast
NYC, Sept/Oct, 2019
Red Bull/Cherry Lane Montage
w/ Review Blurbs
Audience Response
News
American Moor Play Script ON SALE NOW!
The Methuen Text of AMERICAN MOOR the Play is NOW AVAILABLE!! Bloomsbury.com or Amazon.com
