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Dramatists Play Service, NY, 1998

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Earning their income with satires of white high society, the African Company came to be known for debunking the sacred status of the English classics (which many politically and racially motivated critics said were beyond the scope of black actors). Inside the Company's ranks, similar debates raged about whether to mimic the English tongue, or to provide a more lively interpretation of white theatre by acknowledging the vibrancy of the black experience (in the words of the African Company's manager: "say ya Shakespeare like ya want." Shakespeare is the chosen cultural battleground in this inventive retelling of a little known, yet pivotal event in the African Company's history. Knowing they are always under prejudicial pressures from white society, and facing their own internal shake-ups, the African Company battles for time, space, audiences and togetherness. Their competition, Stephen Price, an uptown, Broadway-type impresario, is producing Richard III at the same time as the African Company's production is

Yellow Springs Kids Playhouse, Yellow Springs, Ohio

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Sinbad and his men are captured and put into a maze with many doors.

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2000

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Music by Kysia Bostic

Officials want to promote the tourist industry and they start by getting rid of beggars.

1991

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Towards the end of his life Robert Peary, the explorer is beset with guilt as his black companion, Matthew Henson reached the North Pole first but Peary took the glory.

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Dramatists Play Service, NY,

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During the night, on a dusty, sage-brush covered island on the southern plains, in the middle of the Red River, black Buffalo Soldiers capture a young warrior called Buffalo Hair, a black man who has chosen to live among the Cheyenne ever since they saved his life. The soldiers find their captive to be a foe from without and within, being so much alike and different from themselves. To Buffalo Hair, his captors are slaves to the white man and enemies of his true people, the Cheyenne. In the morning, a hundred Cheyenne warriors will come to the river to take Buffalo Hair back. Now the soldiers must choose whether to stay loyal to the army and fight, or let Buffalo Hair go and have a chance at saving themselves. Disagreement between the troopers builds to a confrontation. In the excitement a pistol is fired, bringing a hundred Cheyenne warriors down on the island. When the dust clears, the soldiers are captives and now it is Buffalo Hair's turn to choose. He can kill and scalp the black soldiers to prove he is

2004

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Guthrie Theater (Guthrie Experience actor training program) (Minneapolis, MN, United States)

2001

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10-15 min

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Over the telephone, a woman says goodbye to her lover for the last time. (Inspired by and contemporized from the play by Jean Cocteau.)

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Dramatists Play Service, NY,

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Six black minstrel players in a Pullman porter railroad car on a cold winter's afternoon in February, 1895, outside the rural town of Hannibal, Missouri, wait for showtime to arrive. The chilly wind blows outside as they pass the time with stories and memories. Suddenly one member, Percy, so far absent, bursts in and collapses on the floor. When the troupe realizes their friend has been chased by a white mob, they must find a way to protect him and themselves. Fear, anxiety and deep honesty surface as these black men blacken their faces with burnt cork, trying to allow their friend to avoid detection. The white mob realizes where Percy is and shows up at the train where Percy goes out to face them, hoping to save the others.

2001

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Peter the Great has an African Prince kidnapped and brought to Russia.

Mixed Blood Theatre Company (Minneapolis, MN, United States)

2006

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90-115 min

Dramatic/Comedic vaudeville

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A composite shot of African America. . .with attitude. Through a riveting series of short plays and songs, this vaudeville defies stereotype as it explores a myriad of topics and places, from Northern Uganda to the American South, HIV to Condoleeza Rice. Swinging from the serious to the absurd, there's plenty to laugh and cry about in this powerful piece.

Freedom Repertory Theater, Philladelphia

1996

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JJ and Jazz battle it out on the pool table.

Humana 2005 Festival

2005

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Dramatists Play Service Inc, NY, 2007

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The high-stakes world of Civil War–era horse racing is the stage for this riveting drama of slavery and Reconstruction. Both Simon Cato, a smart, cocky ‘colored’ jockey, and his horse, Pure Confidence, are owned by Colonel Wiley Johnson. Cato uses his wits and his championship winnings to buy his and his wife’s freedom. But the Civil War changes everything, and the passage of time doesn’t bring Cato the success he expects in this surprisingly funny, daring and emotionally moving look at the complexity of race, humanity, love and dignity in the second half of the nineteenth century. With a vivid backdrop of fast horses, gritty racetracks and high-stakes betting, PURE CONFIDENCE is an extraordinary tale of human triumphs and failings that explores the true meaning of freedom.

1998

African Company

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