Nigga, Digress & Death Dream by Ty Greenwood

Nigga, Digress & Death Dream by Ty Greenwood

The work of playwright Ty Greenwood, focuses on telling stories that are not damaging to the identity, existence and bodies of Black people, but are rather empowering, unapologetic and radical in nature. He holds a B.A. in Communication Arts with an emphasis in Rhetoric and Honors in Theatre from Washington & Jefferson College ‘17 and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Carnegie Mellon University ‘20, in Dramatic Writing. Ty’s recent work Nigga, Digress (CMU ‘19) & Death Dream (KST)  were both choreopoetic expressions of the black experience. Nigga Digress, presented at City Theatre’s Hamburg Theater November 15, 16 & 19 2019,  explores the trauma BLACK bodies face in predominately white spaces and the mental exhaustion that comes along with it.  Death Dream, a meditation on WEB Dubois “double consciousness”  theory, serves as a PSA, that Black men are not valued and need to talk about mental health in the Black community even if it's taboo. Currently, Death Dream is a part of Kelly Strayhorn’s Freshworks Series postponed until further notice.

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