Who is Tyre Nichols? A 29-year-old Black man in Memphis, Tyre Nichols was brutally beaten by police officers after a traffic stop earlier in January. The Every 28 Hours Plays were developed in Ferguson as part of the Uprising and produced in over 70 productions nationally. We invite you to engage with these free one minute plays addressing racial justice and police violence. These short pieces are an amazing tool to initiate conversations and educational exchanges. Access the scripts and producing guidelines and engage now!
These Plays out if the collection have resonance with the events in Memphis, but any of the 75 plays are good to engage with.
- Excuses By Ova Saopeng
- All Convenience By Claudia Alick
- Black Cop Blues By Stew
- Nightmare in Black: A Game by Jerome A. Parker
- Good Question By Robert Schenkkan
- *2015/1830 By Zakiyyah Alexander
- The Lessons By Mariah L. Richardson
- Any Mother, Any City By Darius Stubbs
- There Is Inside You By Josh Wilder
- What Happened Was By Lisa Loomer
- When the Bullet Strikes By Idris Goodwin
- Moments After By Lynn Nottage
- Unknown Thousands By Nikkole Salter
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INFORMATION ABOUT Tyre Nichols
What we know – and still don’t know – about what led to Tyre Nichols’ death
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/26/us/what-we-know-tyre-nichols-death/index.html
Tyre Nichols bodycam footage: What we know about the arrest video
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64422576
5 ex-Memphis police officers are charged with murder in Tyre Nichols’ death
Statement from President Joe Biden on the Tyre Nichols Case