Northwestern MFA student wins The Alliance/Kendeda Competition
The Alliance/Kendeda Competition continues to spotlight the best emerging playwrights with a full production for the competition winner and staged readings for four competition finalists. GOODNIGHT, TYLER by B.J. Tindal of Northwestern University's MFA in Writing for Screen+Stage program is the 16th competition winner and will have its world premiere on the Hertz Stage February 16 - March 10, 2019.
GOODNIGHT, TYLER is a contemporary and unexpectedly humorous drama. From the show synopsis, "Depending on whom you ask, Tyler Evans was a beloved best friend, grandson, mentor, and fiancée, or, Tyler Evans was a young Black man killed by a police officer. Desperate to control the contradicting narratives of his untimely passing, Tyler haunts his best friend as his other friends and relatives quibble over his legacy, seeking an elusive common ground."
"I started writing GOODNIGHT, TYLER shortly after the non-indictment of Darren Wilson in 2014. Every time a new photo of a dead Black person was plastered across my Facebook newsfeed, I immediately returned to push through the first draft." said playwright B.J. Tindal. "I want this play to validate the Black experience of loving and living. I want it to affirm the fact that Black people are here, choosing to love how we love freely, outside of violence."
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