The Latest Breaking News from Tarell Alvin McCraney

US playwright ak payne wins Susan Smith Blackburn prize

Furlough’s Paradise, a ‘lyrical’ journey about grief, scoops award for female, transgender and non-binary playwrights

The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2025

‘People go, ‘queer, Black’, they don’t go deeper’: Tarell Alvin McCraney on his enduring play Choir Boy

The Oscar-winning co-writer of Moonlight is known for works on queerness and race. He thought his 2012 drama was a historical cautionary tale, but a new production has him musing on its continued relevance

The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2023

Choir Boy review – gospel hymns light up stirring production of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s play

Everyone gets their chance to shine in Nancy Medina’s expressive staging of this drama about sparring prep-school students

The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2023

My worst moment: ‘Moonlight’ screenwriter Tarell Alvin McCraney and the time he was told to fight back against an actor

CHICAGO — Tarell Alvin McCraney became a household name after winning an Oscar for his “Moonlight” screenplay in 2017. His Hollywood credits in the years since also include the script for Steven Soderbergh’s “High Flying Bird” and as creator and executive producer of the OWN series “David Makes Man.”

Chicago Tribune · Jun 21, 2022

How 'A Strange Loop' fits into Black theater legacies

The musical — which is up for 11 Tony Awards this Sunday — subverts and reimagines decades of Black theater and pop culture.

WEKU · Jun 11, 2022