Lewis Morrow is a Kansas City, Kansas native actor and playwright. He was named Director of New Play Development at KC MeltingPot Theatre in 2019.Nicole Hodges Persley is Associate Professor of American Studies and African American Studies who specializes in areas of Hip-hop Studies, Acting and Directing, and African American performance in theater, film, and television. An artist-scholar, Hodges Persley creates intentional bridges between the entertainment industry and academia. She is the author of Sampling and Remixing Blackness in Hip Hop Performance, and co-author of Breaking It Down: Auditioning for Artists of the Global Majority.

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• 1. Introduction2. Forward by Lewis Morrow3. Baybra’s Tulips4. Begetters5. Motherson6. Outro: Spotify play lists for each play

Lewis Morrow is a Kansas City, Kansas native actor and playwright. He was named Director of New Play Development at KC MeltingPot Theatre in 2019.Nicole Hodges Persley is Associate Professor of American Studies and African American Studies who specializes in areas of Hip-hop Studies, Acting and Directing, and African American performance in theater, film, and television. An artist-scholar, Hodges Persley creates intentional bridges between the entertainment industry and academia. She is the author of Sampling and Remixing Blackness in Hip Hop Performance, and co-author of Breaking It Down: Auditioning for Artists of the Global Majority.

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• 1. Introduction2. Forward by Lewis Morrow3. Baybra’s Tulips4. Begetters5. Motherson6. Outro: Spotify play lists for each play

Lewis Morrow is a Kansas City, Kansas native actor and playwright. He was named Director of New Play Development at KC MeltingPot Theatre in 2019.Nicole Hodges Persley is Associate Professor of American Studies and African American Studies who specializes in areas of Hip-hop Studies, Acting and Directing, and African American performance in theater, film, and television. An artist-scholar, Hodges Persley creates intentional bridges between the entertainment industry and academia. She is the author of Sampling and Remixing Blackness in Hip Hop Performance, and co-author of Breaking It Down: Auditioning for Artists of the Global Majority.

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• 1. Introduction2. Forward by Lewis Morrow3. Baybra’s Tulips4. Begetters5. Motherson6. Outro: Spotify play lists for each play