Thought-provoking and electrifying...Ain't No Mo' both honors its ancestors and loudly makes a stand for its own unique perspective. -Greg Evans, Deadline
The time is the near future, and African American Airlines Flight 1619 has been chartered to take Black Americans "back to Africa." Organizing the boarding process is Peaches, a flight agent in drag who is juggling the passengers' excitement and reluctance, as well as her own. Presented in eight vignettes, Jordan E. Cooper's Ain't No Mo' is both a satire and a serious investigation examining the ever-varying facets of the Black American experience: lives affected by violence, class tensions, the prison-industrial complex, and culture vultures.
About the Author :
Jordan E. Cooperis an award-winning performer and playwright who was recently one ofOutmagazine's "Entertainers Of The Year." He starred in a sold-out Broadway run of his playAin't No Mo', which was aNew York TimesCritic's Pick. Cooper also created a pandemic-centered short film calledMama Got A Coughthat's been featured inNational Geographicand was named "Best Of 2020" byThe New York Times. He is the creator and executive producer ofThe Ms. Pat Show, a three-time Emmy-nominated sitcom on BET+.
Review :
'Thrilling, bewildering, campy, shrewd, mortifying, scary, devastating, and deep… nothing less than a spiritual portrait of Black American life right now, with all its terrors, hopes, and contradictions'
'A rolicking, high-concept sitcom, mining dark comedy from the horrors of racism and the particulars of Black life. Explosive as a hand grenade of laughing gas, it's heady and hysterical and fearlessly provocative. Its keen observations about race as both social construction and lived reality crackle like a lit fuse'
'Searingly satirical tragicomedy… Cooper's script speaks to the moment in ways both pointed and unanticipated'
