No Dream Deferred presents Dare to Dream feat. M.D. Schaffer livestreaming on the worldwide, commons-based, peer-produced HowlRound TV community on Friday 24 March 2023 at 5 p.m. PDT (San Francisco, UTC -7) / 7 p.m. CDT (Chicago, UTC -5) / 8 p.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4).
Playwright, M. D. Schaffer, sits all the way down to share how their dream of writing and premiering Drapetomania turned a actuality.
M.D. Schaffer (They/They) is a queer, Non-Binary, African American author born in Houston, Texas and at present residing in New York City. Their earlier works embody F***in’ Howard Phillips with the JaYo Theatre Company, Hotel On Fremont at The Lewis Center for the Arts, and A Rodeo Clown with the Obsidian Theatre Festival. They obtained their B.A. in Anthropology at Princeton University and their M.F.A in Musical Theatre Writing at New York University – Tisch. Their works study the relation between Americana historic romanticism and American up to date actuality.