P J GIBSON   


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Plays by P J Gibson

P J GIBSON
Ain't Love Grand?
1st Produced:
U.S. tour
1980
Company:
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1st Published:
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Genre:
poetic drama with music, 2 acts
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Parts:
Male
4
Female
4
Parts Other:
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Notes: Prod. by the Black Spectrum Theatre, St. Albans, Queens, NY, Feb. 1984
Synopsis: A play of humor, reality, and the triangles of love, set in "Any Place USA." The four couples involved range in age from the teens to the late forties
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P J GIBSON
Androgyny, The
1st Produced:
Cardboard Clowns Theatre, Frankfurt, Germany
1979
Company:
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1st Published:
Unpub. script in the FSWW Archives/Schomburg Collection.
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Genre:
surrealistic/symbolic drama, 2 acts
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: Set in a deserted coliseum area of a park, this play concerns the androgynous nature of people and the purging of "life lies."
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P J GIBSON
Angel
1st Produced:
staged reading at the Family Theatre, New York
1981
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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
realistic/stylized drama, 2 acts
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: In the setting of a small town, four women find themselves living the remainder of their lives without men. One resorts to booze, one to religion, one to bed partners, one to a man created by her mind-"Angel," a suspected incubus. She must choose between a living man who pursues her and "Angel."
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P J GIBSON
Annie May's Child
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: -
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P J GIBSON
Black Woman, The
1st Produced:
Keuka Coll., Keuka Park, NY
1971
Company:
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1st Published:
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Genre:
poetic prose drama of monologues, 1-3 acts, length variable
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Parts:
Male
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Female
20
Parts Other:
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Notes: First prod. in a one-act version, at Keuka Coil., Nov. 1971. Prod. in a three-act version at SUNY/Cortland, NY, March 1972.
Synopsis: Traces the black woman-her life, survival, and pain-chronologically through American history
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P J GIBSON
Blood On The Seats
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
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P J GIBSON
Brown Silk and Magenta Sunsets
1st Produced:
Staged reading of one act at the Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center, New York
1981
Company:
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1st Published:
in Nine Plays by Black Women, Wilkerson
1986
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Genre:
stylized drama, 2 acts
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: In the setting of the luxurious apartment of Lena Larden Salvinoni, a wealthy recluse, three life-size paintings, representative of persons in her life, come alive and confront her with the effects of her passionate and obsessive love. The subjects of the paintings, portrayed by actors, remain frozen in time until brought to life in the mind and world of Lena Salvinoni.
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P J GIBSON
But I Feed the Pigeons/Well, I Watch the Sun
1st Produced:
Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center, New York
1981
Company:
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1st Published:
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To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
satire
One Act
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: part of Private Hells, Sketches In Reality
Synopsis: An obese submarine-eating woman and a homosexual male who watches from the rooftop are confronted by the religious aspects of their lifestyles. The two fight the conflict of philosophy, religion, and reality as presented to them by a born-again Christian
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P J GIBSON
Can You Tell Me Who They Is?
1st Produced:
Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center, New York
1981
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1st Published:
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To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page
Genre:
satire
One Act
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: part of Private Hells, Sketches In Reality
Synopsis: Addresses the individual stories of the characters and the question "Are they really insane?"
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P J GIBSON
Clean Sheets Can't Soil
1st Produced:
Rites and Reason, Providence, RI
1983
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1st Published:
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To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
drama with music, 2 acts
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Notes: dir. by Akin Babatunde
Synopsis: A woman fleeing from her emotions is brought back to the source of her fears only to find that she is not the only member of the family who is running. Described by the producers as "the tale of a professional singer, returning to Providence [RI] and her family and musical roots. [It] is a moving portrait of black families, churches and, most of all, the soul of gospel music." - Program Notes
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P J GIBSON
Dinner at Aunt Lucy's
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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
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P J GIBSON
Doing It to Death
1st Produced:
Public reading by FSWW
1977
Company:
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1st Published:
Unpub. script in the FSWW Archives/Schomburg Collection
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: -
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P J GIBSON
Edge of Night, The
1st Produced:
Televised
1981
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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
TV script, 1 episode
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: -
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P J GIBSON
In Search of Me
1st Produced:
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pre 1985
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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
drama of adolescenc
One Act
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: In a courtroom setting, four teenage girls and two teenage boys defend their actions, conditions, needs, and addictions.
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P J GIBSON
Konvergence
1st Produced:
Players Co., Trenton, NJ
1973
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1st Published:
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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
Drama
One Act
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: A companion piece to Void Passage, with which it was prod. on a double bill by Players Co., Trenton, NJ, March 1973; Rites and Reason, Providence, April 1977 (as part of its "Image and Reality" project); and Kuumba Workshop, Chicago, 1978. Also prod. alone at the Oakland Ensemble Theatre, Dec. 1982.
Synopsis: In the setting of a mountain lodge, a couple seeks reconciliation after a year's separation
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P J GIBSON
Long Time Since Yesterday
1st Produced:
1985
Company:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY
1985
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Genre:
drama, 2 acts
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Parts:
Male
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Female
8
Parts Other:
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Notes: Twice prod. by the New Federal Theatre, Feb. 1-24, and Oct. 1985; dir. by Bette Howard. These prodns. won five AUDELCO awards, including Best Dramatic Production and Playwright of the Year, 1985
Synopsis: A group of ex-college women is reunited after the suicide of one of their friends. Through an examination of their experiences, their strengths and weaknesses, and the discovery of lesbianism among the group, their lives are changed forever
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P J GIBSON
Looking For Hezekiah
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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
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P J GIBSON
Man, Masculine and Glass Fist, A
1st Produced:
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pre 1985
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To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
realistic drama
One Act
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: Concerns a married couple stuck in the routine of their relationship. The wife, in anger and frustration, demands that her husband "be a man." This results in her finding the true meaning of the man her husband is
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P J GIBSON
Marie
1st Produced:
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pre 1985
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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
realistic drama with song
One Act
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: A conjure woman's preparation to do battle with the "man thief" is interrupted by the presence of an interviewer seeking information about the "woman in her."
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P J GIBSON
Masks, Circles: Healing The Pain
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To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
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P J GIBSON
Miss Ann Don't Cry No More
1st Produced:
Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center, New York
1980
Company:
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1st Published:
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To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page
Genre:
Drama, 2 acts
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: Earned for the playwright an NEA Grant. Reading, Frank Silvera Writers Workshop, City College of New York, Mar. 1977.
Synopsis: A house in a northern urban city is divided into four separate apartments. The drama reflects the lives, conflicts, desires, passions, and "deferred dreams" of those who live in the house
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P J GIBSON
My Mark, My Name
1st Produced:
Soul People's Repertory, Indianapolis
1981
Company:
Apparently commissioned by Rites and Reason, Providence, RI
1st Published:
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To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
research-to-performance play, 2 acts
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: First prod. by Soul People's Repertory, Indianapolis, Feb. 1981. For this prod., the author was presented the key to the city of Indianapolis. Prod. at the International Black Arts Festival, Richard Allen Center for Culture and Art, New York, Aug. 1982
Synopsis: Based on the historical data of the First Black Regiment of Rhode Island. Drama addresses the world facing the "freed" black men and women after the American Revolution. It is a time when "freedom" does not mean security, and a slave in the midst of freed men must choose which life he will lead
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P J GIBSON
Ninth Story Window, The
1st Produced:
Brandeis Univ., Waltham, MA
1974
Company:
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1st Published:
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To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page
Genre:
Drama
One Act
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: A young woman, plagued by accusations of causing the tragic death of her baby sister, finally learns (after many years) the truth of the circumstances which led to the tragedy
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P J GIBSON
Private Hells, Sketches In Reality
1st Produced:
Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center, New York
1981
Company:
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1st Published:
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To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
Trilogu of three 1 act plays
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: AUTHOR'S NOTE: "These three plays are accompanied by satirical, dramatic commercials. The One Acts may be produced separately from the trilogy."
Synopsis: Includes You Must Die Before My Eyes as I Have Before Yours (1981), "But I Feed the Pigeons"/"Well, I Watch the Sun" (1981), and Can You Tell Me Who They Is? (1981).
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P J GIBSON
Shameful in Your Eyes
1st Produced:
Keuka Coll., Keuka Park, NY
1971
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1st Published:
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To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
Drama, 3 acts
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: A young woman is forced to live with a fanatical religious aunt in a small southern New Jersey town. Her development into womanhood and love is suppressed by the aunt's cruelty
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P J GIBSON
Spida Bug
1st Produced:
Brandeis Univ., Waltham, MA
1975
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1st Published:
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To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
Children's play
One Act
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: Also presented in schools of the Boston School System, May 1975
Synopsis: In the setting of an isolated construction site, some children learn the meaning of "trust."
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P J GIBSON
Taking Circle, The
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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
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P J GIBSON
Unveiling of Abigail, The
1st Produced:
Torino, Italy, Black Arts Festival
1981
Company:
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1st Published:
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To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
Drama, 2 acts
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: aka Unveilings
Synopsis: An excollege professor chooses to spend her last days on her parents' vast estate in Virginia. It is her birthday. Her gifts are the revelation of lies, deception, and cheated years with the man she loved
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P J GIBSON
Void Passage
1st Produced:
Players Co., Trenton, NJ
1973
Company:
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1st Published:
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To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page
Genre:
realistic/surrealistic drama
One Act
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: A companion piece to the author's Konvergence, with which it was prod. on double bill by Players Co., Trenton, NJ, March 1973; Rites and Reason, Providence, RI, April 1977 (as part of its "Image and Reality" project); and Kuumba Workshop, Chicago, 1978.
Synopsis: The setting is a vast pyramidal structure considered the "void passage." Addresses the conflict of two women who have had to live with the title "strong Black woman." The two women at first distrust one another and later find solace in each other
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P J GIBSON
You Must Die Before My Eyes as I Have Before Yours
1st Produced:
Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center, New York
1981
Company:
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1st Published:
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To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page
Genre:
satire
One Act
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: part of Private Hells, Sketches In Reality
Synopsis: A wife who has given up her identity for her spouse rebels, taking both their lives.
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P J GIBSON
Zappers, The and the Shopping Bag Lady
1st Produced:
summer tour, New York
1979
Company:
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1st Published:
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To Buy This Play:
I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
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One Act
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes: -
Synopsis: -
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