On first impression, “Before It Hits Home,” a new play by Cheryl West, seems diffuse and maybe a little ramshackle, but by the time the tragedy is ended, the spectator has been completely ...

Raw and at times ham-handed, “Before It Hits Home” is also courageous and insightful. West (whose new play “Addy: An American Girl Story” debuts in next month at Seattle Children’s Theat ...

SYNOPSIS: Before It Hits Home takes audiences through the last few months in the life of saxophonist, Wendal Bailey who is caught in between two worlds: one which revolves around his lovers ...

“Before It Hits Home” begins with a monologue by jazz musician ... Dwayne (Jemelle Lloyd), who lives with his grandparents. In one of the play’s more confusing moments, Wendal and Simone ...

The play is effective not because it preaches ... hatred and intolerance lodged deep in a mother’s heart. “Before It Hits Home” suggests that the most damaging secret is the one we ...

Before It Hits Home takes audiences through the last few ... "Cheryl West beautifully dedicates this play to 'those who have to hide and to those who refuse to,'" stated Indira Etwaroo.

What awards has Before it Hits Home won? If you're wondering what awards the play "Before it Hits Home" has won, the answer is that James McDaniel won a Performance Obie Award for his role in the ...

A train isn’t just a train in Cheryl West’s 1989 “Before It Hits Home,” one of America’s ... Near the start of the play, on stage in an important but modest co-production by Richmond ...

PETERSBURG - "Before It Hits Home," winner of the Helen Hayes Award for New Play in 1992, will open at Sycamore Rouge at 8 p.m. Feb. 22. Sycamore Rouge is presenting this bold and powerful story as ...

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