EUGENE PERKINS (1932 - )
| Nationality: | USA |
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Plays by Eugene Perkins
Assassination of a Dream |
| 1st Produced: | Chicago | 1967 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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 Drama | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 5 BM, 1 WM | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | An opportunistic black politician finds himself confronted by black justice | |||||
Black Fairy |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1974 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Chicago: Third World, 1976 | ISBN | - | |||
| 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: | Mythic Children’s Musical | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 3 BM, 2 BF, 5 BB, 4 BG, 1 WM | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | A black fairy, who lacks understanding about her culture, feels she has nothing to offer black children | |||||
Black Is So Beautiful |
| 1st Produced: | Chicago | 1970 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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: | Children’s Play | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 3 BB, 3 BG, 1 BF, 1 WF | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Stresses and shows the importance of having pride | |||||
Brothers |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1974 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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: | Domestic Drama | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 7 BM, 3 BF | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | The story of four brothers who are divided be-cause of their political ideologies | |||||
Cinque |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1975 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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: | Historical Drama | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 8 BM, 4 BF, 6 WM | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Depicts the events that led to theAmistad mutiny and the implications they have for black survival | |||||
Cry of the Black Ghetto |
| 1st Produced: | Chicago | 1970 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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: | Domestic Drama | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 2 BM, 1 BF, 1 BB, 1 WM | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Depicts the problems confronting a black policeman and his family | |||||
Fred Hampton |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1975 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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: | Historical Drama | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 3 BM, 4 WM | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Demonstrates the conspiracy behind the police raid that caused the death of Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party | |||||
Ghetto Fairy |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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: | Children’s Play | Youth Audience | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
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God Is Black, but He’s Dead |
| 1st Produced: | Kusema [Repertoire Theatre], Chicago | 1974 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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 Drama | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 6 BM, 2 BF | |||||
| Notes: | The prodn. was videotaped by Chicago State Univ. | |||||
| Synopsis: | A confrontation between black militants and the black Christian church | |||||
Image Makers, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1973 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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/Drama | Satire | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 6 BM, 4 WM, 1 WF | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | , this a lively anti-war romp in which schoolgirl Kate finds the ghost of a Japanese soldier hiding under her bed. | |||||
It Can Never Be in Vain |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1973 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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 | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 4 BM, 1 BF | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | A revolutionary leader becomes dis-illusioned with the struggle and takes refuge in the West Indies | |||||
Legacy of Leadbelly, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1966 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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: | Historical Drama | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 1 BM, 1 BF, 4 WM | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Depicts the circumstances surrounding the death of the blues singer, Huddie Leadbelly | |||||
Maternity Ward |
| 1st Produced: | - | - | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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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Nothing but a Nigger |
| 1st Produced: | Chicago | 1969 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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 | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 5 BM, 1 WM. | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | A play about a pool halt scene that unites five "street brothers" around a common enemy | |||||
Our Street |
| 1st Produced: | KUUMBA, Chicago, III. | 1974 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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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Professor J. B. |
| 1st Produced: | Experimental Black Actors Guild, Chicago, III | 1973 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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: | Domestic Play | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 7 BM, 2 BF | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | A drama about a black middle class family torn between political aspiration and the Afrikan Liberation Movement | |||||
Quinn Chapel |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1975 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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: | Historical Play | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 10 BM, 4 BF | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | A play about the development of Quinn Chapel, A.M.E. Church, the first black institution in Chicago (1844) | |||||
Thunder Is Not Yet Rain |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1968 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 9 BM, 1 BF, 2 WM, 1 WF. | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | A group of revolutionaries attempt to wage a battle against the white establishment | |||||
Turn a Black Cheek |
| 1st Produced: | Chicago | 1965 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN | - | |||
| 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: | Historical Protest Drama | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 6 BM, 1 BF, 2 WM | |||||
| Notes: | - | |||||
| Synopsis: | Based on the lives of the four black students who started the sit-in demonstrations in Greensborough, North Carolina | |||||