The Leonard Lopate Show: Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks on 'Father Comes Home From The Wars,' a Civil War Drama

Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks on 'Father Comes Home From The Wars,' a Civil War Drama

Jenny Jules, Sterling K. Brown, and Jeremie Harris in "Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)" by Suzan-Lori Parks and directed by Jo Bonney, running at The Public Theater. (Photo credit: Joan Marcus/The Public Theater)

Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winner Suzan-Lori Parks talks about "Father Comes Home From The Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)," at The Public Theater. It’s three plays presented in a single performance, set over the course of the Civil War, and tells the story of a slave joins his master on the Confederate battlefield in exchange for a promise of freedom. She’s joined by Sterling Brown and Jeremie Harris, two of the show’s stars.

Guests:

Sterling Brown, Jeremie Harris and Susan-Lori Parks

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