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Idris Goodwin

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Born
in Detroit, The United States
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Plays, Poetry, Children's Books

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Idris Goodwin is an multi award-winning writer and storyteller whose work spans stage, screen, audio, and page. From his widely produced breakbeat plays and historical dramas such as How We Got On, Hype Man: A Break Beat Play, This is Modern Art and Bars and Measures to books for young readers including Your House is Not Just a House (Harper/Clarion) and King of the Neuro Verse (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum) Goodwin’s been commissioned and or produced by The Kennedy Center, The Eugene O'Neill Conference, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Actors Theatre of Louisville, and Arena Stage. A United States Artist Fellow and seasoned educator, he has created content for HBO Def Poetry, Sesame Street, and NPR. Idris is an Associate Professor of Dramatic Wri ...more

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King of the Neuro Verse
3.86 avg rating — 479 ratings — published 2025 — 5 editions
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Can I Kick It?
4.33 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions
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These are the Breaks
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Hype Man: A Break Beat Play
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How We Got On
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