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April 29, 2025 83 mins

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Rickerby Hinds swung by the Playwright's Spotlight prior to the premiere of his "last' play. We unpack various topics including Hip Hop Theatre, being a self-taught playwright, writing without arrogance, earning your audience, and the use of poetry, spoken word, rap, and movement and dance. We also discuss lessons in editing, metaphors and similes, achieving layers, character introductions, unwritten dialogue, and what choreography on the page looks like. We wrap it up with his venue and purpose at Riverside Studios, commissioning a play, the rehearsal process, and his approach to developing characters. Similarities in look and sound to Denzel Washington, I half expected Denzel to bust out and say, "It's actually me, Denzel." I also had the opportunity to catch this play prior to this episode dropping. If you're in the LA area, I highly recommend checking it out. It's a definite crowd pleaser with lots of audience participation. Even if you can't see the production, I'm sure you'll be charmed by this episode. Enjoy.

For tickets to The Last Play By Rickerby Hinds, visit - https://www.latinotheaterco.org/thelastplay

Rickerby Hinds is one of the pioneers of Hip-Hop Theater. He received his MFA in playwriting from UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television where he was awarded the coveted Audrey Skirball-Kenis Award for best play for an unprecedented two years. He is the past chair of the Department of Theater Film & Digital Production at the University of California, Riverside and founding director of Riverside Studios. He is a Fulbright Fellow, and his work has toured Romania, Poland, Austria, Hungary, Turkey and his native Honduras, as well as numerous venues throughout the US. His play Dreamscape received a record six 2016 Los Angeles NAACP nominations, winning three, including “Best Director.”

To view the video format of this episode, visit the link below - https://youtu.be/nRqv3XWmcAg

Links to sites and resources mentioned in this episode - 

Latino Theatre Company - https://www.latinotheaterco.org

University at California, Riverside - https://www.ucr.edu

Website and Socials for Rickerby Hinds -

https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/rickerby

FB - https://www.facebook.com/kerby.hinds/

IG - @rickerby.hinds

Websites and socials for James Elden, Punk Monkey Productions and Playwright's Spotlight

Punk Monkey Productions -
www.punkmonkeyproductions.com

PLAY Noir -
www.playnoir.com

PLAY Noir Anthology –
www.punkmonkeyproductions.com/contact.html

James Elden -
Twitter - @jameseldensauer
IG - @alakardrake
FB - fb.com/jameseldensauer

Punk Monkey Productions and PLAY Noir - 
Twitter - @punkmonkeyprods
                  - @playnoirla 
IG - @punkmonkeyprods
       - @playnoir_la 

FB - fb.com/playnoir
        - fb.com/punkmonkeyproductions

Playwright's Spotlight -
Twitter - @wrightlightpod 
IG - @playwrights_spotlight

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