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Black History Plays
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Looking Over the President’s Shoulder
1 Male, 0 Female
When Alonzo Fields accepted a job as a butler at the White House in 1931, his plan was to work there for the winter That winter lasted 21 years. Based on the real-life story of the grandson of a freed…
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
8 Male, 2 Female
It’s 1927 in a rundown studio in Chicago where Ma Rainey is recording new sides of old favorites. More goes down in the session than music in this riveting portrayal of rage, racism, the self hate…
Man of Color - USA/Canada ONLY
2 Male, 1 Female
The year is 1824, when the Reverend Robert Wilson, third president of Ohio University, brings John Newton Templeton, a young ex-slave, to Ohio University to be the first man of color to attend the college…
Master Harold and the Boys
3 Male, 0 Female
A white teen who has grown up in the affectionate company of the two black waiters who work in his mother’s tea room in Port Elizabeth learns that his viciously racist alcoholic father is on his…
Medal of Honor Rag
3 Male, 0 Female
In an army hospital, a black winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor and a psychiatrist, both guilty survivors of Viet Nam, verbally spar until the doctor draws out the horror and disgust that has traumatized…
Monologues on Black Life
1 Male, 1 Female
The complete text of Gus Edwards' remarkable Lifetimes on the Streets, in a volume with another collection of monologues entitled Reaching for the Dream Together, these two sets of monologues are a vital…
Moon Marked and Touched by Sun - Plays by African-American Women
Students and scholars will applaud this major contribution to American drama and the literature of African Americans. Mahone's comprehensive introduction is invaluable for its description of the roles…
Multicultural Theatre - Scenes and Monologues from New Hispanic & Asian & African-American Plays
Contemporary American theatre is alive with works representing many cultures - Arabic, Japanese, Native American, Caribbean, Vietnamese and others These scenes and monologs by new writers of the multicultural…
My Red Hand My Black Hand
1 Male, 1 Female
This play tells the story of one girl’s courageous search for belonging and acceptance in the two very distinct cultures that make up her heritage—African American and Native American The play unfolds…
