Keith Antar Mason

Keith Antar Mason (born 1956) 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 (1990)
 * 49 Blues Songs for a Jealous Vampire (1992)
 * Performance, in LAX: The Los Angeles Exhibition (December 5, 1992)
 * Busboy Blues, Atlanta & 4th St. Playhouse (1992)
 * In My Living Condition, San Francisco (1992)
 * Rachel Ain't Got No Brain, "Issue of Choice," LACE, Los Angeles (1992)
 * River, Highways, Santa Monica, California (1992)
 * Torn Language, Dialogue of Doubt (collaboration with Elia Arce and Jeff McMahon), Dance Theater Workshop, New York (1992)
 * Survival (1995)

Selected publications

 * For Black Boys Who Have Considered Homicide When the Streets Were Too Much (1986)
 * From Hip-Hop to Hittite and Other Poetic Healing Rituals for Young Black Men: A Retrospective (2005)
 * New Wine & Black Men’s Feet (2009)
 * Medusa's Children (2020)