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CARL CLAY |
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Playwright, filmmaker and theatrical director. Films: Let Get Bizzzzie featuring Doug E. Fresh -1990; Urban Encounters -2001; Angel -1989; Clear Vision -1987; Justice is Done- 1995; Respect -1977; Babies Making Babies-1979; Perceptions -1999; Saving America One mo' Time -1985; Babies Making Babies and The Follower; in production - Shabba Ten 2006
Plays by Carl Clay
2000 Black | ||
| 1st Produced: | Spectrum Theatre, NY | 1975 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #7185 | |||
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Genre: | Political Fantasy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | poses the where will African Americans end up in the future. | |||||
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Black Love | ||
| 1st Produced: | Black Spectrum Theatre Co. Inc | 1970 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #48020 | |||
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Genre: | experimental musical drama/ comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | An experimental musical drama/ comedy developed in 1970 based on an idea by Carl Clay and developed collaboratively by the Black Spectrum Theatre Co. This 1 1/2 hr. play explores various themes and subjects in the African American community such as love and the trails and tribulations that test the love between two sisters, a father and son, two brothers as well as the celebration of self love and the love of community. Set to music this play is the official first play of the Black Spectrum Theatre Co. Inc. | |||||
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Brother Joombo's Magic History Soup | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2002 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #48018 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Synopsis: | A whimsical history lesson about a young man named seff who doesn't see need to study or pay attention in school. This hip-hop play with music students on a trip through history and delivers a strong message about young people learning skills that will last a life time. | |||||
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Healing Zone | ||
| 1st Produced: | Black Spectrum Theatre, NY | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Black Spectrum Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #63215 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 | ||
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Notes: | music by Onaje' Allan-Gumbs | |||||
Synopsis: | A contemporary drama about the battle between traditional medicine and alternative healing, the play focuses on the career of Dr. Suja, a traditional MD who goes to Africa to work with his medical hero Dr. Bates, head of a hospital in Sierra Leone. 'Both doctors believe that they are helping to bring advanced medical knowledge to the third world country,' playwright Carl Clay advises, 'until Dr. Suja meets an African Bush woman who changes his life and sets him on a path of new discovery about the true meaning of healing | |||||
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Kingfish, Amos and Andy | ||
| 1st Produced: | Black Spectrum Theatre, NY | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Black Spectrum theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #46920 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | by the famous and popular 1950s-era TV series Amos and Andy. It features the familiar characters--Kingfish, Amos, Andy, Sapphire, Mama-Queen Bee, Lightning, and Calhoun--plus some new ones. The setting has been changed to Harlem. | |||||
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Magic Crown, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1988 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #48019 | |||
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Genre: | Play with Music | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | written by Carl Clay & Bob Law | |||||
Synopsis: | Two children set off in an ancient village in Ghana to save their sick king. Traveling through swamps, woods and over rivers the children Osi and Afua encounter animals, and geographic obstacles that frustrate their missionl. This play with music challenges children to use their minds to over come lifes obstacles. | |||||
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Relationship Game, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1986 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #48021 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Synopsis: | The Relationship Game is a 1 1/2 hr. play that blends the world of TV Game shows with a real life in-progress relationship between a couple going through the trials and tribulations of love. This play pre-dates today's reality shows by almost twenty years and was designed as a recurring play with the two lovers being placed in various situations that the audience was asked to vote on each week. | |||||
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Subway Madnesssss! | ||
| 1st Produced: | Black Spectrum Theatre, NY | 1985 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #47709 | |||
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Genre: | Drama, full length | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | A dramatization of the Bernard Goetz subway shooting incident. | |||||
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T'was the Night Before Kwanzaa | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1995 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #48017 | |||
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Genre: | Fantasy Play with Music | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | A fantasy play with music geared toward the entire family that explores the meaning of Holiday play for the entire family that explores the meaning of holidays and the need rituals and images that support the healthy development of African American children | |||||
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Urban Encounters | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1999 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #50925 | |||
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Genre: | docu-drama Documentary | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | This two time award winning docu-drama, is an original and deeply engrossing 35min video and 30min. play that uses mixed media to give young people options and tools to deal with being stopped by the police. Shot in NY, Detroit, Wash. DC and L.A. This video features a studio audience, Two Hip youth commentators and various street encounters between youth and police that provide constructive suggestions to avoid police encounters. | |||||
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