More Blackberries, Please -- a staged reading

More Blackberries, Please is a re-staging of Crystal Wilkinson’s short story collection, Blackberries, Blackberries. Infused with humor, sadness and honesty, this collection of performance vignettes features stories reminiscent of blackberries – small, succulent morsels of Black Appalachian life that are inviting and sweet, yet sometimes bitter.

Steeped in an awareness of the power of stories, More Blackberries, Please places more than twenty characters in the hands of seven actors for one night of sweet reminiscing!

About the Playwright: Yunina Barbour-Payne is a multidisciplinary scholar/artist and Rising Scholar and Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Drama. Her interdisciplinary work encompasses Africana, Appalachian, and Performance studies. Her research and creative practice focus on Black women’s performance activism, with a particular emphasis on artists connected to the Appalachian region.