Back Home by Natalie Y. Moore

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WHEN
Saturday, October 21 @ 2:00 PM

WHERE
Live at Chicago Dramatists!
798 N Aberdeen

BACK HOME
Written by CD Resident Playwright Natalie Y. Moore
Directed by Kamesha Khan

ABOUT THE PLAY:
"Back Home" is about a pan-African family living in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood. The intergernational play is set in 2010 during President Obama's first term and the housing crash. A granddaughter runs away from home from Minneapolis to connect with her family because she longs to connect not only with her estranged family but her Blackness.

MEET THE PLAYWRIGHT:
Natalie Y. Moore is an award-winning journalist and playwright based in Chicago. 16th Street Theater adapted portions of her book “The South Side” in 2019. Haymarket Books published “The Billboard” in March 2022. The play was part of the 2021 Bridge Program of the National New Play Network. “The Billboard” was produced by 16th Street Theater July 2022. It won a Jeff Award for best new work, short run. Natalie collaborated with Make Believe Association on the fictional Lake Song podcast. She is a 2021 USA Fellow.