blu

An epic poem for the stage, blu traces the explosive after-effects of prison and hunger, desire and war. Selected as the winner of the 2010 Yale Drama competition from more than 950 submissions, contest judge David Hare commented, "Virginia Grise is a blazingly talented writer, and her play blu stays with you a long time after you've read it." Noting that 2010 was a banner year for women playwrights, he added, "Women's writing for the theatre is stronger and more eloquent than it has ever been."

The book is currently taught at Cornell University, University of Pennsylvania, Cal State Fullerton, University of California Riverside, Vassar College, University of Richmond, University of Texas San Antonio, University of Notre Dame, University of Southern California, Dartmouth University, University of Syracuse, University of Missouri-Kansas City, University of Texas El Paso, University of Minnesota, University of North Texas, Texas State University, Trinity University, University of North Texas, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, Florida State University, Tufts University, University of California Santa Cruz, University of Washington, City College New York, University of Houston, the California Institute of the Arts and has also been used in innovative literacy programs in the prison system.