“A spellbinding journey through Shakespeare and race...blisteringly eloquent & penetrating on ever-urgent matter of race in America.”
AMERICAN MOOR*
A World Premiere
Written and Performed by Keith Hamilton Cobb
with Josh Tyson
*AMERICAN MOOR is now a part of the Folger Shakespeare Library's Permanent Collection
CURRENTLY PLAYING
ARTSEMERSON, BOSTON, MA | April 10-21, 2019
Photo by Wilson Chin
“...Cobb’s engaging, inquisitive presence ... is nicely framed by Kim Weild’s cool, understated direction.”
“Cobb’s earnest, reasoned script slashes so precisely that you may not see Shakespeare — and a lot of roles played by black performers — quite the same way for a while.”
ANACOSTIA PLAYHOUSE, WASHINGTON, D.C. | January 9-February 3, 2019
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
ARTS EMERSON BOSTON | April 10-21, 2019
Winner 2018 ELLIOT NORTON AWARD - Best Solo Performance
Winner 2018 IRNE AWARDS - Best Visiting Production | Best Visiting Performance
Winner 2015 AUDELCO AWARD - Best Solo Performance
Episode 54 - American Moor - Keith Hamilton Cobb interviewed by Barbara Bogaev.
Folger Shakespeare Library’s Shakespeare Unlimited Podcast Series
Transcript also available on the site
“Keith Hamilton Cobb’s AMERICAN MOOR is incredible. It holds a mirror up to our contemporary culture...I have spent my life thinking about Shakespeare, but that did not prepare me for the depth of thinking and feeling that his performance provoked.”
“As directed by Kim Weild...the 100 minutes of this play zip by. Cobb’s energy is unflagging, and his pace unrelenting; he fills the room with movement, energy, and sheer vital presence. This is a rare example of a play about which you can say, without hyperbole, that it’s riveting: You hang on every well-chosen, robustly presented word. American Moor is both urgent art and an important political statement.”
