Verbatim texts taken from interviews with former slaves made between 1936 and 1938 as part of the Federal Writers' Project: true testimonies that chronicle American slavery. A strong selection of story-telling, high stakes monologues
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2017, Pulley and Buttonhole Theatre, Philadelphia, PA
2015
Dramatist's Play Service
978-0822232902
NOTE FROM READER: play for voices - chorus and individuals, lots of music; casting flexible - can be performed with 6 - 12 players plus musicians: percussionist and fiddler
NOTE FROM READER: play for voices - chorus and individuals, lots of music; casting flexible - can be performed with 6 - 12 players plus musicians: percussionist and fiddler
Historical
"A military coup sweeps across the twin island state of Trinidad and Tobago. Elvira, a doctor, and Rohan, an English professor, now separated after a stormy marriage, are confined to a beach house during a curfew. Their relationship has foundered on issues of race, identity and politics. The radio informs the beach house of the danger of the insurrection outside. Can they survive their own emotional war?" - from the publisher
It follows Abby, a Catholic school girl who discovers that not everything is at it seems at Crown of Thorns Academy. After falling in love for the first time, Abby is sent on a thrilling mission that sends her beyond the walls of her all-girls school, to St. Peter’s Square.
