Daniel Beaty

Winner of a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Medal and the Boston Horn Book Award A simple, powerful book for children, about an absent father and the love he leaves behind Every morning, I play a game with my father. He goes knock knock on my doorand I pretend to be asleeptill he gets right next to the bed. And my papa, he tells me, "I love you." But what happens when, one day, that "knock knock" doesn't come? This powerful and inspiring book shows the love that an absent parent can leave behind, and the strength that children find in themselves as they grow up and follow their dreams.

A Slave Ship emerges out of the Hudson River in front of the Statue of Liberty sending NYC into a frenzy. Emergency is an intricately woven, urgent, witty and moving exploration of our shared humanity and what it means to be free. An explosive play where rhythm, rhyme and remembrance rise. "Daniel Beaty is a name to remember, as is this vivid portrait of the African- American experience in present day New York." -TheaterMania.com "Daniel Beaty's explosive, affecting solo play Emergency may be the most important new American drama since Angels in America." -NYTheatre.com "A funny, passionate show." -Variety THROUGH THE NIGHT Through the Night is a timely and inspiring story of possibility and hope, weaving together a unique blend of humor, poetry, music, and drama. It portrays a community of people who experience an unexpected epiphany on the same evening that changes their lives forever. "May be one of the most uplifting and inspiring pieces of theater you'll see this year." -TheaterMania.com "Daniel Beaty's poetic solo show is a thing of beauty, wit, grit and piercing lyricism." -The New York Times