Keith Antar Mason

Keith Antar Mason is an American writer, performance artist, and playwright. He is the founding artistic director of the Black theatrical company Hittite Empire.

Biography

Mason was born on November 3, 1956, in St. Louis, Missouri. He moved to Los Angeles, California in 1985 and founded Hittite Empire in 1987.

Selected plays and performances

Prometheus on a Black Landscape: The Core 49 Blues Songs for a Jealous Vampire Performance, in LAX: The Los Angeles Exhibition Busboy Blues, Atlanta & 4th St. Playhouse In My Living Condition, San Francisco Rachel Ain't Got No Brain, "Issue of Choice," LACE, Los Angeles River, Highways, Santa Monica, California Torn Language, Dialogue of Doubt, Dance Theater Workshop, New York

''Survival''

Selected publications

For Black Boys Who Have Considered Homicide When the Streets Were Too Much From Hip-Hop to Hittite and Other Poetic Healing Rituals for Young Black Men: A Retrospective New Wine & Black Men’s Feet

''Medusa's Children''