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The Lion and the Jewel
This is one of the best-known plays by Africa’s major dramatist, Wole Soyinka, set in the Yoruba village of Ilunjinle The main characters are Sidi (the Jewel), ‘a true village belle’…
The Syringa Tree - Winner of the 2001 OBIE Award for Best Play
0 Male, 1 Female
A personal, deeply evocative story of an abiding love between two families, one black, one white, and the two children that are born into their shared household in early 1960s South Africa Seen first through…
The Trials of Brother Jero & The Strong Breed
Large Mixed Cast
The Trials of Brother Jero ~ “Brother Jero is a self-styled ‘prophet,’ an evangelical con man who ministers to the gullible and struts with self-importance over their dependence on him…
Toufann - A Mauritian Fantasy
Large Mixed Cast Male, 2 Female
Computer genius Prospero and his daughter Kordelia watch as a ship is mysteriously wrecked on their island On board are their enemies from the past - King Lir, his brother Edmon and Prospero’s brother…
Two Horseman
2 Male, 0 Female
“In Two Horsemen ‘Biyi Bandele writes sympathetically about imaginative escape from drudgery. Two men in a hut while away the time talking. They say they are street-sweepers, but gradually they slither…
Valley Song
A play which tells a gentle story of how the generations cope with the end of apartheid in South Africa. A young women wants to leave home to begin to lead her own life, but her grandfather takes this…
Voice of Good Hope
2 Male, 4 Female
Elected to the Texas State Senate in 1966, Barbara Jordan became the first black senator since 1883. Six years later she became the first black woman from the Deep South elected to the United States House…
Woza Albert
The classic satire about what would happen if the Second Coming of Christ occurred in South Africa Originally produced at the Market Theatre, Johannesburg, then under the legendary direction of Barney…
