Important and timely piece of documentary theatre written in response to Michael Brown's death
Orlandersmith won the prestigious Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for her play The Gimmick in 1999
She was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for her play Yellowman
She also received a Drama Desk Award nominee for Outstanding Play and Outstanding Actress in a Play for Yellowman
Other honors include a New York Foundation for the Arts Grant, The Helen Merrill Award for Emerging Playwrights, a Guggenheim and the 2005 PEN/Laura Pels Foundation Award for a playwright in mid-career