THE IMMEASURABLE WANT OF LIGHT

by DAAIMAH MUBASHSHIR
INTRODUCed BY AMAUTA M. FIRMINO
WITH ORIGINAL ARTWORK BY NELL PAINTER
 

The Immeasurable Want of Light is a play illustrated by famed historian and painter Nell Painter. The Immeasurable Want of Light follows Maker, a black, overweight artist, as she comes of age in an alternate universe. This is an epic play, consisting of twenty-eight distinct micro plays of varying language styles and forms, that journeys through shifting perspectives of living in Black skin.

July 1, 2018
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 PRAISE 

BOMB MAGAZINE EDITOR’S CHOICE

This collection of plays is a testimony to and an expression of life in the Black body and psyche. The work dares to meet the subject matter where it is, allowing it to tell the truth, shame the devil, and put a self-congratulatory industry on notice. The time for niceties has come and gone. If theatre is to be revolutionary, it cannot be lukewarm, it must bring the fire. That is what Daaimah Mubashshir has done.
— Stacey Rose

Words, sentences, “whole mercurial texts” overflow luminously. Writing that breathes fresh life into the plays at discrete moments you didn’t know needed it.
—Rachel Valinsky, BOMB Magazine

When you see the quote “she’s ahead of her time” it means that everyone else needs catching up. Do yourself a favor, catch up; be here now, and you will need not look back. Here lies Black.
— Raja Feather Kelly

As a photographer, I am drawn to Mubashshir’s ability to create images with her words. Images that cling to you, so vivid and visceral that you will want to read slowly and savor every word.
— Kelli Connell

What unites these wild permutations about Blackness is a fundamental question that has always been relevant and will likely remain so: from where is value derived?
— Stephen Christensen

a pageant/poem. luxuriant. o please
stage this blaze faceted jewel.
— Honor Moore 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR 

Daaimah Mubashshir is a playwright and theatre-maker living and working in New York. Her work has been commissioned and developed by 3 Hole Press, New Georges, Clubbed Thumb, Soho Rep, WP Theater, Playco and Fire This Time Festival. Daaimah was recently awarded a Helen Merrill Playwriting Award. She is currently on faculty at Bard College. daaimahmubashshir.com