UJAMAA OYAMO
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Plays by Ujamaa OyamO
Advantage Of Dope, The |
| 1st Produced: | Buffalo,NY | 1971 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | Two Act Drama | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 2BM 1BW 2WM | |||
Notes: also as sreenplay | ||||
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Angels In The Men's Room |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1992 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Barbarians, The |
| 1st Produced: | Reading, Frank Silvera Writers Workshop, Martinique Theatre, New York, Dec. 1975 | 1975 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | Ritual | - | Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | 9 males (4 black, 5 white), 3 females (1 black, 2 white). | |||
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Synopsis: A play on the real barbarians of this society, and their ultimate submission to their source of power as that power is transferred to the hands of others | ||||
Breakout, The |
| 1st Produced: | 1972 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | in "Black Drama: An Anthology" Ron Milner, New York: New Amer. Lib | 1972 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | Protest Morality Comedy | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 13 BM, 1 BF; revised to 8 BM, 1 BF, 2 WM | |||
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Synopsis: Killer of Malcolm X receives special treatment in jail as other black prisoners must look after themselves. A play full of humor that shows, among other things, that we are all in prison and can 'break out" if we simply move instead of theorizing and procrastinating | ||||
Called Ur Fear |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1974 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | comedy satire | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 2 BM, 2 WM | |||
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Synopsis: A play about the black experience | ||||
Chump Changes |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1971 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | - | Comedy | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 2 BM | |||
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Chumpanzees |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1970 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | Street Ritual | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 7 BM, 1 BF | |||
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Crazy Niggas |
| 1st Produced: | 1973 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | 3 Acts | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 13 | Female | 8 |
| Parts Other: | 13 males (10 black, 3 white), 8 females (7 black, 1 white). | |||
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Synopsis: A play showing who the real niggers (and other folks) are | ||||
Evening Of Living Colours, An |
| 1st Produced: | Trenton, NJ | 1988 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: music by Olu Dara | ||||
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Everymoment |
| 1st Produced: | San Francisco | 1986 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Famous Orpheus |
| 1st Produced: | New Brunswick, NJ | 1991 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Fried Chicken And Invisibility |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1988 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Fuck Money |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1969 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 3 BM | |||
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Synopsis: Guerilla Tactics | ||||
Geronimo Jones: An American Folktale |
| 1st Produced: | 1985 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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His First Step In The Corner |
| 1st Produced: | NEC Workshop, New York | 1971 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | The New Lafayette Theatre Presents, ed. by Ed Bullins, New York: Anchor Books | 1974 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Satire | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 4 BM, 1 BF | |||
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Synopsis: Based on contradictions | ||||
I am a Man |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | American Theatre Magazine, NY - November | 1993 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Juice Problem, The |
| 1st Produced: | 1974 | |||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | 3 Acts | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 4 BM, 5 BF | |||
Notes: Reading, Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop, Martinique Theatre, New York, Jan. 1975 | ||||
Synopsis: An erotic love "chartune" about doing whatever is necessary to survive and "get over" (succeed) | ||||
Kindest Of The Finest |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 14 BM, 3 BF, 4 WM | |||
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Synopsis: Quota time and paddy wagon pickup time for New York's "finest" on 119th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue | ||||
Last Party, The |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1970 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | Street Ritual | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 5 BM, 1 BF | |||
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Let Me Live |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1991 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Lovers, The |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1970 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | Street Ritual | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 1 BM, 1 BF | |||
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Mary Goldstein And The Author |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1979 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Third World Press, Chicago | 1989 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Synopsis: A black wife and her mother discuss black women's changing social roles with music and dancing | ||||
Negroes, The |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1970 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | in "Black Troupe Magazine", 1, 2 | 1970 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | Street Ritual | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 2 BM | |||
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Never Look A Word In The Face |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1970 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | Surrealistic Mythic | One Act | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||
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Synopsis: The male psyche encounters the She in a "continuing level of consciousness." | ||||
Nine As One |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1972 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | Play/Screenp!ay | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 3 BM, 1 WM, 1 WF | |||
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Synopsis: The various levels and universality of oppression and how it is dealt with | ||||
Old Black Joe |
| 1st Produced: | San Francisco | 1984 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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One Third Of A Nation |
| 1st Produced: | Fairfax, Vir | 1991 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Original Playwright - Arthur Arent | ||||
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Outta Site |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1970 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | in "Black Troupe Magazine", 1, 4 | 1970 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | Street Ritual | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 2 BM, 2 BF | |||
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Place Of The Spirit Dance, The |
| 1st Produced: | New Haven, C'cut | 1980 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Ravishing Moose, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1972 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 8 M & F | |||
Notes: Written for the National Theatre of the Deaf. | ||||
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Resurrection Of Lady Lester, The |
| 1st Produced: | Yale Repertory, CT | 1981 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | in "Plays USA 1", Theatre Communications Group | 1981 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Return Of The Been-To |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1988 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Revelation, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1970 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | Ritual | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | B M & F dancers, drummers, singers | |||
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Sanctuary |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1992 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | Sketches | Sketch | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Singing Joy |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1988 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Stalwarts, The |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1988 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Star Is Born Again, A |
| 1st Produced: | African-American Theatre Center, Buffalo, NY | 1978 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Privately published | 1974 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | Childrens Play | Youth Audience | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Adapted from the story The Star That Could Not Play, by the same playwright | ||||
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Store, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1969 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | Guerilla tactics | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 3 BM | |||
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Surveyors, the |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1969 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | Guerilla tactics | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 3 BM | |||
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Temple Of Youth, The |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1987 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | Childrens | Youth Audience | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
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Thieves, The |
| 1st Produced: | Black Arts / West, Seattle | 1970 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | Morality | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 6 BM | |||
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Unemployment |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1969 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | Guerilla tactics | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 2 BM | |||
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Upcrusted |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1969 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | Guerilla tactics | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 3 BM, 4 BF | |||
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When Our Spirit Awakens, Then Black Theatre Opens |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1969 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | 4 Act | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 21 BM, 4 BF, dancers, drummers, singers | |||
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Synopsis: A play that asks when black theatre is going to discover what it really is | ||||