
Historical
Once A Flame
Once a Flame tells the harrowing story of the defiant black slave Marie Joseph Angélique who was executed for arson in Old Montreal in 1734. This one act play recalls the events that took place before and after her trial.

Pharus wants nothing more than to take his rightful place as leader of the school’s legendary gospel choir. Can he find his way inside the hallowed halls of this institution if he sings in his own key? An affecting and honest portrait of a gay youth tentatively beginning to find the courage to let the truth about himself become known.
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contains scenes between young African-American men
2012, Royal Theatre, London
2016
Theatre Communications Group
978-1-55936-468-3
The cast can be amplified by a choir
The cast can be amplified by a choir

Historical
Once a Flame tells the harrowing story of the defiant black slave Marie Joseph Angélique who was executed for arson in Old Montreal in 1734. This one act play recalls the events that took place before and after her trial.

Realistic
A little black girl from the US South lives through the civil rights era, becomes a broadcast executive in Canada and tells all.