{"product_id":"is-god-is-what-to-send-up-when-it-goes-down-9781559369633","title":"Is God Is \/ What to Send Up When It Goes Down","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Furious and incandescent... Harris writes so blisteringly that the actors could just let the language's flames carry them along.\" --Helen Shaw, \u003cem\u003eTime Out New York \u003c\/em\u003eon \u003cem\u003eIs God Is\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn explosive epic that examines the cyclical nature of violence, \u003cem\u003eIs God Is \u003c\/em\u003efollows twin sisters who undertake a dangerous journey to exact revenge upon their father at the behest of their dying mother.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Aleshea Harris turns theater into a monument, ephemeral but real, to ongoing pain. You can't tear down a statue that never shows up outside.\" --Vinson Cunningham, \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e on \u003cem\u003eWhat to Send Up...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat to Send Up When It Goes Down \u003c\/em\u003eis a play-pageant-ritual response to anti-Blackness in America. It is a challenge to us all: to heal through expression, expulsion, and movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAleshea\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eHarris\u003c\/b\u003e's\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs God Is \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Relentless Award and an Obie Award. \u003ci\u003eWhat to Send Up\u003cbr\u003eWhen It Goes Down \u003c\/i\u003ewas published in \u003ci\u003eAmerican Theatre \u003c\/i\u003emagazine and\u003cbr\u003ereceived a special commendation from the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. Harris's awards\u003cbr\u003einclude the Windham-Campbell Prize, the Steinberg Playwright Award, the\u003cbr\u003eHermitage Greenfield Prize, and The Horton Foote Prize.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Theatre Communications Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50726643630354,"sku":"9781559369633","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f246529d-ab0b-4b68-b76a-d1b57b8b430d.jpg?v=1734877728","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/is-god-is-what-to-send-up-when-it-goes-down-9781559369633","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}