PRIMARY TRUST
Seattle Rep presents PRIMARY TRUST by Eboni Booth from October 24 to November 24, 2024. Librarians at Seattle Public Library created this list of books and films to enhance your experience of the show.
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Primary Trust
The script of PRIMARY TRUST, for your reading pleasure.
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We Need to Hang Out
Like a significant number of middle-aged American men, journalist Baker discovered that by the time he turned 40, he had lost most of his close friends. In this memoir, he describes his attempts to build new relationships.
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Harvey
Eboni Booth has mentioned that Mary Chase's Pulitzer-Prize-winning play provided some key inspiration for PRIMARY TRUST. (Re)read the script and find out why!
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Black Mixcellence
After seeing PRIMARY TRUST, you might find yourself hankering for a Mai Tai or two. Try the excellent recipe and quite a few other mouth-watering libations in this collection of cocktail recipes from renowned Black bartenders.
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Harvey
Jimmy Stewart stars as Elwood P. Dowd, whose best friend is an invisible, 6-foot and 3.5 inches-tall rabbit named Harvey, in this classic 1950 adaptation of Mary Chase's play of the same name.
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Lost in the City
In an interview with V Magazine, Booth said that Edward P. Jones was one of two writers who inspired her while writing PRIMARY TRUST. She "liked the way he looked at both the macro life questions and the minutiae of life."
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The Awkward Black Man
Like Booth's play, Mosley's short stories feature complex and three-dimensional Black male protagonists that confound racial stereotypes.
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Together
Former Surgeon General Murthy shines a spotlight on a nationwide epidemic of loneliness, and its impacts on physical and mental health.
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Project Unlonely
Physician Nobel started Project Unlonely in 2016 to address a growing public health crisis -- loneliness -- that grew worse during the COVID-19 pandemic. He describes 3 major types of loneliness and suggests activities that can help alleviate them.
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Lost & Found
Schulz is the other writer who Booth mentioned as an inspiration for PRIMARY TRUST in her interview with V Magazine. Booth appreciates how she and Jones "write about love and loss – and the possibility of human connection."
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