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The Conscientious Objector
Large Mixed Cast Male, 1 Female
Political theatre at its best, bringing to life an issue that has perplexed this nation since its founding - dissent during a time of war The play dramatizes a largely forgotten period in the life of Dr.…
The Death of the Black Jesus
5 Male, 3 Female
“Utilizing video, pop culture, political nostalgia for ‘60s protest, modem rap’s black rage and the current obsession with tabloid TV, playwright Barr sets his two-act play…
The Face of Emmett Till
7 Male, 3 Female
A true-to-life dramatization of the death of 14-year-old Emmett Till, a Chicago teenager who, while visiting relatives in Money, Mississippi, in August 1955, was kidnapped, tortured and murdered by two…
The Hounding of David Oluwale
In May 1969, David Oluwale’s body was pulled from the River Aire in Leeds, UK Eighteen months later, the investigation into his death was to rip apart the Yorkshire police force as two officers were…
The Member of the Wedding
6 Male, 7 Female
Carsom McCullers has adapted this Play from her own novel of the same name ... This explores the poignant loneliness of adolescence and the strange bond between black and white in the American south Jarvis…
The Slave Dancer’s Choice
3 Male, 2 Female
Drawn from historical sources about the Atlantic slave trade, this play follows the journey of a young American slave who is tricked into serving on a slave ship The slave, Danny, accepts the offer of…
The Sugar Wife
A play about love, lust, prostitution and slavery ... A devout Quaker, her wealthy husband, a freed American slave and her emancipator come together in 1840s Dublin As they interact, each is revealed to…
The Theatre of Black Americans - A Collection of Critical Essays
From the origins of the Negro spiritual and the birth of the Harlem Renaissance to the emergence of a national black theatre movement, this book offers a penetrating look at a black art form that has exploded…
The Ties That Bind - Inside the Belly of the Beast & Watermelon Rinds
3 Male, 5 Female
Inside the Belly of the Beast is about a black man who is trying to make it in corporate America, and about what he must do to get there ‘We take the journey with him,’ Taylor explained. ‘First…
The Whipping Man
3 Male, 0 Female
April, 1865 - the Civil War is over and throughout the South slaves are being freed, soldiers are returning home and in Jewish homes, the annual celebration of Passover is being celebrated Into the chaos…
