‘The Last Play by Rickérby Hinds’: A Black Honduran immigrant tells his story

‘The Last Play by Rickérby Hinds’: A Black Honduran immigrant tells his story

LOS ANGELES—“What if I write a play…about not being able to write a play?” Widely produced playwright and pioneer of Hip-Hop theater Rickérby Hinds has come to an impasse. He’s been commissioned to write a new play but uncharacteristically finds himself blocked. A host of his previous characters taunts him, but all they offer is a chaotic stew of old scenes, comedic sport, and music in a disorderly mashup of people and time frames. Scene by scen…