Kelundra Smith
Kelundra Smith is an award-winning playwright and arts journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Oxford American, Food & Wine, American Theatre and elsewhere. She is the co-creator of the Edward Medina Prize for Excellence in Cultural Criticism, awarded by the American Theatre Critics Association. Follow her on Instagram @anotherpieceofkay for musings on life, art and everything else.
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How the Weight of Work Inspired My First Play
The Wash at Atlanta’s Synchronicity Theatre. Photo by Casey Gardner Ford.
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If You Think You Know Tina Turner’s Story, You’re Wrong
How the musical Tina reveals new facets of the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll
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What Can We Learn From Interrogating ‘The Jazz Singer?’
Why two theatre artists are reclaiming the infamous 1927 film
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We Need More Nuanced Depictions of Black Women on Stage
An African-American critic calls for an end to endless suffering
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Dancing Across the Political Aisle at ‘The Prom’
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