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CONGRATULATING KATORI HALL
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HON. STEVE COHEN
of tennessee
in the house of representatives
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Mr. COHEN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Memphis playwright, Katori Hall, who was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Drama on Friday for her play ``The Hot Wing King,'' which is set in a kitchen in Memphis. Ms. Hall won the prestigious national recognition as a nominee for a Tony Award for ``Tina: The Tina Turner Musical,'' a Broadway musical about the singer from Nutbush, Tennessee. In its citation, the Pulitzer Board ``The Hot Wing King'' a ``funny, deeply felt consideration of Black masculinity and how it is perceived, filtered through the experiences of a loving gay couple and their extended family as they prepare for a culinary competition.'' Ms. Hall, a graduate of Craigmont High School, first gained national acclaim for her 2006 play ``The Mountaintop,'' set in Room 306 of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spent his last night in 1968. That play, which debuted in London, won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play. Hall is the creator of the cable television blockbuster ``P-Valley,'' set in a Mississippi Delta strip club. I wish her well in what is already a very promising career.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 104
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