STARRY NIGHT

by Darrel Alejandro Holnes

When misfortune casts Hamlet and Jem as undertakers for casualties of a military strike, they bury bodies and unknowingly sow seeds they must later reap on the battlefield in this stage play with magical realism, music, and dance, that explores the strange fruits of war, gay love in the military, fear, hate, and what we call "freedom."

When misfortune casts Hamlet and Jem as undertakers for casualties of a military strike, they bury bodies and unknowingly sow seeds they must later reap on the battlefield in this stage play with magical realism, music, and dance, that explores the strange fruits of war, gay love in the military, fear, hate, and what we call "freedom."

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  • Jacqueline Goldfinger: STARRY NIGHT by Darrel Alejandro Holnes
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    I love it when brilliant poets write plays! STARRY NIGHT is a funny, heartbreaking, and poetic force to be reckoned with by readers. I love these characters. The play digs deep into complex questions about how to define freedom in a modern, global society.

    I love it when brilliant poets write plays! STARRY NIGHT is a funny, heartbreaking, and poetic force to be reckoned with by readers. I love these characters. The play digs deep into complex questions about how to define freedom in a modern, global society.

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  • Eugene O'Neill Theater Center: STARRY NIGHT by Darrel Alejandro Holnes
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    It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend Darrel Alejandro Holnes and their play Starry Night as a finalist for our 2018 National Playwrights Conference. The play rose through a competitive, anonymous, multileveled selection process that took nearly nine months to execute. As one of 53 finalists out of more than 1,4200 submissions, the strength of its writing has allowed this work to prosper in such a competitive selection process. Our readers deeply responded to the intermingling of dance and visual metaphor symbolically exploring the dreamscape of war, alongside...

    It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend Darrel Alejandro Holnes and their play Starry Night as a finalist for our 2018 National Playwrights Conference. The play rose through a competitive, anonymous, multileveled selection process that took nearly nine months to execute. As one of 53 finalists out of more than 1,4200 submissions, the strength of its writing has allowed this work to prosper in such a competitive selection process. Our readers deeply responded to the intermingling of dance and visual metaphor symbolically exploring the dreamscape of war, alongside realistic dialogue and characters.

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Development History

  • Reading, National Black Theater, 2017

Awards

  • Van Lier Fellowship in Playwriting
    The Lark Theater
    Finalist
    2018