Suzan-Lori Parks: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. May 06, 2026
First paragraph modernization. Apr 26, 2024
Noted that she wrote the screenplay for The United States vs. Billie Holiday. Mar 01, 2021
Added the play White Noise and noted that she received the Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award. Jun 20, 2019
Modified link of Web site: Academy of Achievement - Biography of Suzan-Lori Parks. May 23, 2017
Noted that she won the 2015 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize. Mar 23, 2016
Information about Parks's play Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3) added. Feb 05, 2015
Add new Web site: Academy of Achievement - Biography of Suzan-Lori Parks. Oct 31, 2014
Add new Web site: University of Minnesota - Voices From the Gaps - Biography of Suzan-Lori Parks. Oct 31, 2014
Added photograph. Dec 30, 2013
Add new Web site: Michigan State University - Department of Theatre - Suzan-Lori Parks. May 09, 2013
Added her involvement in the Broadway production of Porgy and Bess as well as details about Topdog/Underdog. Jan 13, 2012
Updated to include mention of her play The Book of Grace. Aug 10, 2010
Added 365 Plays project and recent teleplay. Oct 10, 2008
New article added. Dec 17, 2004
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