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Vincent Terrell Durham

VINCENT TERRELL DURHAM

  
Nationality:    African American
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below is a list of Vincent Terrell Durham's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Baby Black Jesus         Baby Black Jesus - Play Four         Baby Black Jesus - Play One         Baby Black Jesus - Play Three         Barefooted Easter         Change of Heart, A         Concern of National Interest, A         Fertile River, The         Masking Our Blackness         Mother's Cry, A         Now         Park For Children To Pretend In         Place For Children To Pretend In         Polar Bears, Black Boys and Prairie Fringed Orchids         Shooting At The Universe         Tomatoes, Tomahtoes         Trash Day         Vol. 1: A Post Racial America
Baby Black Jesus

Synopsis:
Richard's coming out to his conservative family at the Christmas Eve meal is a horrible disaster. It finally breaks up his relationship with Daryl - Daryl to a shoebox downtown and Richard back to his parents to make him normal

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1st Produced:
Zephyr Theatre, Los Angeles     13 Feb 2017

Organisations:
That Uppity Theatre Company

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Genre:
Gay one act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Baby Black Jesus - Play Four

Synopsis:
Darryl and Richard are completing their separation after Richard's disastrous coming out at his family Christmas Eve dinner

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Genre:
Short play

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Baby Black Jesus - Play One

Synopsis:
Darryl and Richard have just leased their first apartment together. Darryl is out to his family but Richard is passing Darryl off as a friend to his family. Then Richard's mother makes an unexpected visit

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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Baby Black Jesus - Play Three

Synopsis:
Darryl and Richard have been together for two years. Darryl is out to his family but Richard is passing Darryl off as a friend to his family. Darryl wants Richard to come out at the family Christmas dinner

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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Barefooted Easter

Synopsis:
Mississippi 1962 Alberta Mae needs to buy a new pair of Easter shoes for her growing daughter. This is usually done by taking a tracing of her feet

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Genre:
Ten minute play

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Change of Heart, A

Synopsis:
Two years after the death of their teenage son - his parents meet the man who in was donated to

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Genre:
Ten minute play

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Concern of National Interest, A

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Fertile River, The

Synopsis:
Summer 1958. Mrs Sarah Woods on behalf of the government visits a small community I North Carolina handing out compulsory sterilization orders to black families that have someone who is not perfect

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1st Produced:
Skylight Theatre, Los Angeles (reading)     18 Apr 2018

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Masking Our Blackness

Synopsis:
Five friends meet to see the New Year in and wonder how they are going to survive being Black in America

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Genre:
Short play

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Mother's Cry, A

Synopsis:
Five Black women tell how their sons were killed

Notes:
Also known as "Twelve"

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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Now

Synopsis:
1973 a NOW organiser arrives at a Long Island house to liberate the woman living there. She mistakes the Black caretaker for the lady of the house

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Genre:
Ten minute play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Park For Children To Pretend In

Synopsis:
Darryl comes across the murder scene of his twelve year old son at the hands of the police

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Genre:
Short monologue

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Place For Children To Pretend In

Synopsis:
A couple are taking their new baby home when they get diverted into the future

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1st Produced:
Zephyr Theatre, Hollwood     13 Mar 2017

Organisations:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Polar Bears, Black Boys and Prairie Fringed Orchids

Synopsis:
A liberal white couple living in a brownstone house in Harlem invite a Black Lives Matter activist to a cocktail party

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Genre:
Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Shooting At The Universe

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
Zephyr Theatre, Hollwood     08 May 2017

Organisations:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Tomatoes, Tomahtoes

Synopsis:
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Genre:
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Trash Day

Synopsis:
A woman finds a man going through her trash looking for soda cans

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Genre:
Ten minute play

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Vol. 1: A Post Racial America

Synopsis:
Post Racial America Train being pulled back from 1619 to 2020

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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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