Baltimore’s Newest Artistic Director Takes On Some Tough Plays – His Own

“In the insular and collegial-but-touchy world of American theater, his decision to stage both ‘Clybourne Park’ and his as-yet-unwritten response play, ‘Beneatha’s Place,’ is most assuredly not the norm. But the garrulous, opinionated, 45-year-old Kwame Kwei-Armah seems unwilling to let all of his passions take a back seat to his regard for artistic diplomacy.”