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Two college students from different cultures latino and. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Platanos, collard greens y callaloo is funny food for thought new. Do platanos go wit collard greens and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. Platanos and collard greens is the hit off broadway play.
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See all 2 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Platanos y collard greens is a play written by david lamb and produced by jamillah lamb. In addition, platanos received special recognition at the 100th anniversary of the naacp 4 and has also been recognized by the congressional black caucus. Mar 25, 2012 jamillah and david lamb are the husband and wife team and producers of the hit play platanos y collard greens. This is a fourstar effort that entertains and enlightens. It runs the 2nd and 4th thursday of every month at 6. You can now book platanos y collard greens to perform at your middle, junior or high school for the students. The prose sparkles and the characters are carefully crafted to make this a book you wont want to put down. Platanos and collard greens is the hit off broadway play now playing in nyc. Win tickets to see platanos y collard greens the hilarious stage play. Over the years, the play has undergone various changes. Platanos y collard greens casting call between the. You are in for a treat, an unforgettable experience. Do platanos go wit collard greens kindle edition by.
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Jamillah and david lamb are the husband and wife team and producers of the hit play platanos y collard greens. This romantic comedy explores relations between africanamericans and latinos in new york city through a relationship between two college students. Platanos y collard greens is the hilarious romantic tale which asks if love between blacks and latinos can survive. Platanos and collard greens, written by david lamb and directed by summer hill seven,is the hilarous story of two college students, from different cultures. Cubaninspired black beans and rice with collard greens and. This past school year, platanos y collard greens, performed at over 20 different middle, junior high and high schools in all five boroughs across the city. Platanos has won numerous diversity awards at colleges and universities across the united states. Platanos and collard greens becomes a crazyhappy evening of theater because of its deft performers. Instead, platanos and collard greens is a mashup of poetry slam, hiphop, comic scenes, history lessons and the occasional flavoring of dramatic tension. It was previously staged offbroadway in new york back in 2003. Do platanos go wit collard greens kindle edition by david lamb author format. Student and faculty conversations on afrolatinx identity date saturday, february 10, 2018 time 4. We feature some of the funniest comics in and around ny for free. Jan 15, 2018 add the collard greens to the skillet and simmer just until wilted, about another 3 minutes, adding a few tablespoons of water if the bean mixture gets too thick.
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