Nikki G: A Portrait of Nikki Giovanni in Her Own Words
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Darryl L. Lacy
Darryl L. Lacy was born and raised in Buffalo, New York. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in theater from the State University College at Buffalo and a Master of Fine Arts degree in performing arts management from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. In 1987, he founded Darryl Lacy Productions in Harlem, New York, where he currently resides.
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Nikki G - Darryl L. Lacy
Copyright © 1990, 2012 by Darryl L. Lacy.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
The script contains parts of chapters 1, 2, 4 and 5 from Gemini and the following poems by Nikki Giovanni:
Cotton Candy on A Rainy Day
Ego Tripping
For Saundra
Gus (For My Father)
Mothers
My House
My Tower
Nikki-Rosa
Of Liberation
Poem for A Lady Whose Voice I Like
Poetry
Revolutionary Dreams
That Day
The Life I Led
The New Yorkers
The True Import of Present Dialogue, Black vs. Negro
When I Die
These materials were used by permission of Nikki Giovanni.
CAUTION:
All rights including professional, amateur, motion picture, recitation, lecturing, public reading, radio broadcasting, and television are strictly reserved. Application for performance, etc., should be made before rehearsal to Darryl Lacy Productions, www.darryllacyproductions.com.
Front Cover Artwork: Tim T. Thomas
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ISBN: 978-1-4759-3080-1 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-4759-3081-8 (ebk)
Library of Congress Control Number: 2012910523
iUniverse rev. date: 03/14/2013
Contents
About the Author
Introduction
Act I
Act II
About the Author
Darryl L. Lacy was born and raised in Buffalo, New York. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in theater from the State University College at Buffalo and a Master of Fine Arts degree in performing arts management from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. In 1987, he founded Darryl Lacy Productions in Harlem, New York, where he current resides.
For Michelle Miki
Biggins
Nikki G: A Portrait of Nikki Giovanni in Her Own Words was first presented by Darryl Lacy Productions at the Harlem School of the Arts Theatre in New York City on May 12, 1990, with the following cast:
Michelle Miki
Biggins
Estelle Johnson
Lonnie McCoy
Ava Moses
Yael Daniel M. R.
Glenn Dandridge
Brian Biggins
Michael C. Williams
Director: Darryl L. Lacy
Stage Manager: Rachel L. Ferguson
Darryl Lacy Productions presented a twentieth anniversary production of Nikki G: A Portrait of Nikki Giovanni in Her Own Words at the Dwyer Cultural Center in New York City on June 21,