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DAVID D WRIGHT (1951 - ) |
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Nationality: African USA Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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David D. Wright is the producing playwright of the Orisha Tales Repertory Radio Theatre Company, in New York City. He written a series of dance dramas in the Ifa tradition, called the Orisha Cycle of Tales. These dance dramas have been produced in such venues as the National Black Theatre, NY, The Nuyorican Poets Cafe, NY, The Schomberg Museum, NY, The American Place Theatre, NY, The Harlem School of The Arts, NY, The House of Champions, NY, The Theatre of the Riverside Church, NY, The International African Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY, The Paul Robeson Theatre, Brooklyn, NY, Indiana University at Pennsylvania of Pa., and The international Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. David is also a multiple award winning sound designer, radio producer, and musical director.
Plays by David D Wright
Obatala (King of the White Cloth) | ||
| 1st Produced: | Harlem Theatre Company's House of Champions | 2004 | ||||
Company: | Orisha Tales and Frank Silveras Writers Workshop | |||||
| 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 | #59648 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Dance Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 3-4 musicians | |||||
Notes: | New World Yoruba songs. Two Audelco Nominations: Costumes and Choreography | |||||
Synopsis: | Obatala is the dance drama that explores the relationship between man and woman as well as the effects of sibling rivalry. | |||||
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Oshun (The Goddess of Love) | ||
| 1st Produced: | Nuyorican Poets Cafe | 1999 | ||||
Company: | Frank Silveras Writers Workshop Nuyorican Poets Cafe | |||||
| 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 | #59589 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Dance Drama Dance Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 3-4 musicians | |||||
Notes: | All songs are New World Yoruba Songs sung in Yoruba. | |||||
Synopsis: | Oshun is the dance drama that follows the transformation and growth of a female deity through the many trials and tribulations that she experiences, beginning with (Oshun) being the first female orisha to arrive among the many male orishas, at the dawn of creation on Earth. | |||||
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Oya | ||
| 1st Produced: | National Black Theatre, NY | 2001 | ||||
Company: | National Black Theatre and Orisha Tales Repertory Radio Theatre Co | |||||
| 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 | #59647 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Dance Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 3-4 musicians | |||||
Notes: | New World Yoruba Songs. Winner of four out of six Vivian Robinson Audelco Awards for Excellence in Black Theatre. Including Outstanding Musical Production | |||||
Synopsis: | Oya is the dance drama which examines feminine power and the lessons learned about what power is, as she marries once for love and is betrayed, she then marries for power and is thrown into the world wind of murder, revenge, betrayal, and deceit. | |||||
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Sango (Lord of Thunder) | ||
| 1st Produced: | Theatre of the Riverside Church, NY | 2005 | ||||
Company: | Orisha Tales, NBT and The Theatre of the Riverside Church | |||||
| 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 | #59649 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Dance Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 4-5 musicians | |||||
Notes: | New World Yoruba Songs. Winner of Choreography Audelco Award out of six nominations | |||||
Synopsis: | Sango, is the dance drama which follows the historical boy king from his late teens into adulthood while examining the complexities of coming of age. | |||||
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