Episode 176: Black Playwright Celeste Bedford Walker Discusses Her Award Winning Plays
My guest on Diverse Voices Book Review is acclaimed Houston playwright Celeste Bedford Walker. The author of over 40 plays, she was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Texas Institute of Letters in 2021. Born and raised in Houston Texas, Celeste Bedford Walker attended Jack Yates High School and Texas Southern University, both historically Black institutions in the Third Ward. Her writing has won numerous awards including the National Black Theatre Festival’s August Wilson Playwriting Award, the NAACP Theatre Awards for Best Play and Best Playwright, New York’s AUDELCO Award…
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