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Robert Earl Price is artist-in-residence at the Drama Department at Washington College. Price is a graduate of the American Film Institute, was a protégé of the Oscar-winning director Jan Kadar and Pulitzer/Emmy award-winning author of Roots, Alex Haley and is a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellow in Poetry. The Golden Sardine had its world premiere at Washington College in November. It is a poetic vamp on the tragic-poet figure, riffing on the life and times of legendary Beat poet Bob Kaufman, a talented and complex artist who was instrumental in creating the Beatnik movement. The only major African-American Beat poet, Kaufman gained fame on “The Tonight Show” then shunned invitations to lecture at Harvard. His verse was heavily influenced by the rhythms and idioms of bebop. The critic Raymond Foye called Kaufman “the quintessential jazz poet.” The cast features Washington College drama instructor Polly Sommerfield and popular gospel, blues and jazz singer Karen Somerville. Drama Department Chair Dale Daigle directs. Kent County Arts Council Director Leslie Prince Raimond said of the play, “What a hip, thoughtful & beautiful play/poem/project… I loved it. Congratulations!”

Info about the play on the Washington College website