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CHINA CLARK (1952 - ) |
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Nationality: African-American/Irish Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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aka China Clark Pendarvis. China Clark (Debra): Playwright, Director, Filmmaker, Installation Artist, Philosophy Professor, and Screenwriter, began her career as a television staff writer for The Bill Cosby Show, ÒCos.o Recognized as being one of the leading black authors in theatre today, China Clark has written over 30 plays, many produced in New York, San Francisco, Germany, and England: including Sugar Brown-Divine and May, which was produced at the Friends of Italian Opera Theater in Berlin, Germany, Bessie Smith Speaks, produced by Woody King Jr. and the New Federal Theater in New York, and The Hearts and Souls Bar, produced at Theater Zum Westlichen Stadthirschen in Berlin, Germany. A collection of her work is published as A Black Woman in Contemporary Drama, and she is featured in Black Voices, Edited by Woody King Jr., and published by Applause Drama Books of New York. Essence Magazine and other publications have published her poetry. A poetry album of her work is produced by Folkways Records. China is a former professor of screenwriting at City University, Parson's The New School of Social Research, and she was a guest lecturer on film at Potsdam University in Berlin, Germany. Ms. Clark has instructed at her own school for screenwriters, Home, where she has taught script writing to Oscar-winners Quentin Tarantino, Spike Lee, Geena Davis, Charlie Kaufman, Ben Stiller, a Roberto Benigni, and thousands of Hollywood's finest writers. China has won many, many, critical accolades and awards as both a writer and a director: Hannah B. Del Vecchio Award (Scriptwriting), Creative Artist Award from New York Arts Council (Playwriting, In Sorrow's Room), The Goldberg Award (Life's Work), The Martin Award, (installation art), and The Puffin Award, Playwriting. China holds two Master's degrees, one in Liberal Arts with a concentration in Philosophy, and one in English Literature with a concentration in the Teaching of Writing. She is currently a PhD candidate, teaches philosophy at the College of New Rochelle in New York, and is the dramaturgy at Woody King's New Federal Theater in New York.
Plays by China Clark
Bessie Smith Speaks | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1994 | |||||
Company: | Woody King's New Federal Theater | |||||
| 1st Published: | Black Voices/Applause Books/New York City, 1996 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #56084 | |||
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Genre: | Drama/music | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | A one-woman show about the famous black blues singer Bessie Smith: her life, her music, and her struggle to be realized as a black woman in the racially oppressive American south. Family loyalty, love, bi-sexuality, the brutality of the music business for a black in the 1920Õs, and overcoming are some of the major issues. Bessie tackles these issues with the background of her genius blues. | |||||
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Chinese Screen, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 27 Feb 1976 | |||||
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 | #27434 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Hearts and Souls Bar, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theater zum westilichen Stadthirschen, Berlin, Germany | 2000 | ||||
Company: | Black and Blue Visions | |||||
| 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 | #56489 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | Three men meet in a bar during a snowstorm in New York. One Irish, One Englishmen, and One African-American form an emotional bond, as they wait for the snow to subside. It is soon revealed that they are all waiting to contact their special women (the loves of their lives). Turns out, they are all waiting for the same woman. | |||||
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In Sorrow's Room | ||
| 1st Produced: | African Total Theatre, NYC | 1975 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Era Pub Co, NY, 1976 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #7072 | |||
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Genre: | Domestic Drama Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 4 | ||
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Synopsis: | Deals with the independence of a young beautiful black woman. Sorrow has left her domineering mother to find herself. She is pursued constantly by men who seem interested only in her body and not her art or ideas | |||||
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Madwoman's Room, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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 | #7073 | |||
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Neffie | ||
| 1st Produced: | Urban Arts Theatre, NYC | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Era Pub Co, NY, 1976 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #7074 | |||
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Genre: | Mythic Fantasy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 5 | ||
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Notes: | reading Frank Silvera Writer's Workshop, Ny, 1975 | |||||
Synopsis: | A tale of undying love. Music-dance-fantasy | |||||
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Perfection In Black | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1971 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Scrippte vol 1 no 7 May 1972, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #7075 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Synopsis: | concerns black woman's conflicts with black man/white woman | |||||
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Sabian, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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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 | #7076 | |||
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Sugar Brown - Divine & May | ||
| 1st Produced: | Berlin, Germany | 1997 | ||||
Company: | Friends of the Italian Opera | |||||
| 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 | #27438 | |||
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Genre: | Drama/poetry | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | Unseen male voice | |||||
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Synopsis: | Sugar and May meet in a metaphorical Prison. Sugar is educated, beautiful, cultured, and wise; May, on the other hand, is street-wise, uncultured, and insecure about her looks. Nevertheless, the women find that they have a similar America experience. | |||||
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Why God Hates Rev Chandler | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
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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 | #7077 | |||
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Willow Lottery, The | ||
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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 | #7078 | |||
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