YUSEF IMAN   (1933 - )


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Plays by Yusef Iman

YUSEF IMAN
Blowing Temptation Away
1st Produced:
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1972
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YUSEF IMAN
Book Worm
1st Produced:
Weusi Kuumba Troupe, Brooklyn, NY
1975
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Genre:
didactic play, 1 act
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
1 BM, 2 BF
Notes: -
Synopsis: Exhortation to black men to change the lives of black women, including prostitutes.
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YUSEF IMAN
Confusion
1st Produced:
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1970
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Genre:
Mythic Play
One Act
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
5 BM, 5 BF
Notes: -
Synopsis: Depicts how all the organizations, religions, and sects are against each other and the power struggle that occurs as each attempts to push the other down
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YUSEF IMAN
Dope Pusher
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Genre:
antidrug play, 1 act
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Male
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Female
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YUSEF IMAN
Dope: The Cause, The Cure
1st Produced:
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1967
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Genre:
antidrug play with music, I act
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
8 BM, 1 BF, 2 WF, 5 musicians
Notes: -
Synopsis: Exposes the real dope pushers and tells where dope comes from, how it gets here, and what should be done to stop its importation within black communities
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YUSEF IMAN
Jihad
1st Produced:
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1968
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Genre:
didactic play, 1 act
One Act
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Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
3 BM, 2 BF
Notes: -
Synopsis: Tells why black people in America are in the situation they are in and what can be done about it
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YUSEF IMAN
Joke Is on You, The
1st Produced:
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1970
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Satire
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
3 BM, 1 BF, 1 WM
Notes: -
Synopsis: The president of the U.S. admits his intentions to commit genocide on all the races of color-Black, Chinese, Indian, and Puerto Rican
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YUSEF IMAN
Junkie, The
1st Produced:
The East, New York
1974
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Genre:
monologue, 1 act
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
1BM
Notes: -
Synopsis: A junkie complains that his case is no worse than anybody else's, because most people have some kind of hangup, such as alcohol, tobacco, or sex
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YUSEF IMAN
Libra
1st Produced:
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1971
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Genre:
morality drama, 2 acts
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
3 BM, 2 BF, 3 WM
Notes: -
Synopsis: Depicts the changes people undergo in life, stressing the meaning of death, right and wrong, and giving a new insight on love
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YUSEF IMAN
Mr Bad
1st Produced:
1975
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Genre:
Play
One Act
Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
2 BM
Notes: written 1972
Synopsis: A brother who, as he talks to the audience, learns that the practice of martial arts is an ego trip
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YUSEF IMAN
Nigger's House, A
1st Produced:
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1965
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Genre:
didactic domestic drama, I act
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
1 BM, 1 BF, 1 BB
Notes: -
Synopsis: Reveals the problems and chaotic relationships the average black family has and what can be done about it
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YUSEF IMAN
Praise the Lord, but Pass the Ammunition
1st Produced:
Spirit House, Newark, NJ
1967
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1st Published:
Mimeographed booklet, Jihad Productions, Newark, NJ
1967
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Genre:
revolutionary drama, 1 act
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
5 BM, 3 BF, 2 WM
Notes: -
Synopsis: Explores the effectiveness of violence versus nonviolence in the solution of racial problems
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YUSEF IMAN
Price of Revolution, The
1st Produced:
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1970
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Genre:
revolutionary drama,1 act
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
1 BM, 1 BF
Notes: -
Synopsis: A brother, "into" the revolution, is receiving flack from his woman and is forced to kill her
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YUSEF IMAN
Respect
1st Produced:
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1973
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Genre:
didactic drama, 1 act
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
3 BM, 3 BF
Notes: -
Synopsis: Displays the negative attitude black men have toward black women and what the consequences will be
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YUSEF IMAN
Resurrection
1st Produced:
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1969
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Genre:
didactic play, 1 act
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
3 BB, 3 BF, 1 WF
Notes: -
Synopsis: Depicts what is happening and what will happen within the schoolroom.
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YUSEF IMAN
Santa's Last Ride
1st Produced:
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1967
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Genre:
anti-Christmas play, I act
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
3 BM, 1 WM, 1 WF
Notes: -
Synopsis: Displays the fallacy of Christmas
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YUSEF IMAN
Sociology 700 (Clean Up Time)
1st Produced:
Sethlow Community Center, New York
1970
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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
didactic play, 1 act
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
Large Black Cast
Notes: -
Synopsis: Urges black pimps, prostitutes, and homosexuals to transform their lives and become aware of their blackness
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YUSEF IMAN
Verdict Is Yours, The
1st Produced:
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1970
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Genre:
protest play, 1 act
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Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
2 BM, 1 WM
Notes: -
Synopsis: Puts America on trial as to whether or not she is guilty of the position in which she has put black people. Explores to what extent black people are guilty of their own predicament, due to abuse of power imposed upon their own people centuries ago
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YUSEF IMAN
We Wear the Mask
1st Produced:
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1973
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Genre:
morality play, 1 act
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
1 BM, 1 BF
Notes: -
Synopsis: Reveals the problems that black men and women have as they try to win each other's love and respect by making false impressions
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YUSEF IMAN
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
1st Produced:
Black Theatre Alliance annual festival, New York
1974
Company:
Weusi Kuumba Troupe
1st Published:
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Genre:
historical pageant, full length
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
Large Black Cast
Notes: written by Yusef Iman and Ben Caldwell
Synopsis: A dramatization of the Seven Principles of the Black Value System, called the Nguso Saba
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