AISHAH RAHMAN
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Plays by Aishah Rahman
Anybody Seen Marie Leveau? |
| 1st Produced: | 1999 | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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Chiaroscuro |
| 1st Produced: | 2001 | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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In Mens Eyes |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1976 | ||||
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| 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: | 90 min Teleplay/ Drama | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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| Synopsis: | A black assistant principal of a high school commits suicide during a crisis over the integration of his school | |||||
Jukebox, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1974 | ||||
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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: | Drama | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 6 BM, 2 BF, 5 WM, 4 WF | |||||
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| Synopsis: | Deals with the integration problem in American high schools | |||||
Knitte Shop, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1968 | ||||
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| 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: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Lady and the Tramp, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1976 | ||||
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| 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: | 1 M, 1 F, extras | |||||
| Notes: | Companion piece to Transcendental Blues, by the same playwright | |||||
| Synopsis: | Shows the alienation between men and women in modern society | |||||
Lady Day:A Musical Tragedy |
| 1st Produced: | Chelsea Theatre Center, New York | 1972 | ||||
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| 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 | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 30 M, 8 F (doubling) | |||||
| Notes: | Music by Archie Shepp; lyrics by Aishah Rahman | |||||
| Synopsis: | The tragedy of Billie Holiday | |||||
Linus Song |
| 1st Produced: | Howard University, Washington, D.C | 1968 | ||||
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| 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: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Mama, The: A Folks Tale |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1974 | ||||
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| 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: | Ritual/Drama | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 4 BM, 2 BF, 4 WM, extras | |||||
| Notes: | Part of trilogy The Mama | |||||
| Synopsis: | This play, inspired by the story of George Jackson, explores the relationship between a political prisoner and his mother. | |||||
Mojo And The Sayso, The |
| 1st Produced: | New Brunswick, New jersey | - | ||||
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| 1st Published: | in "Plays by Aishah Rahman", Broadway Play Publishing, New York, | 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: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 |
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| Synopsis: | Study of the ways that people cope with the aftermath of tragedy. | |||||
Mother to Son |
| 1st Produced: | Reading, Frank Silvera Writers Workshop, Harlem Cultural Council, New York | 1976 | ||||
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| 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: | - | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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| Notes: | Part of trilogy The Mama | |||||
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Only In America |
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| 1st Published: | in "Plays by Aishah Rahman", Broadway Play Publishing, New York, | 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: | - | Satire | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 3 |
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| Synopsis: | Creates a language for America's "invisible women". | |||||
Portrait of a Blues Lady |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1974 | ||||
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| 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: | Memory Play | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 6 BM, 2 BF, 3 BC | |||||
| Notes: | Part of trilogy The Mama | |||||
| Synopsis: | A middle-aged black woman reviews her life and finds the strength to go on | |||||
Transcendental Blues |
| 1st Produced: | Frederick Douglass Creative Center, New York | 1976 | ||||
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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: | Drama | One Act | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 5 BM, 2 BF | |||||
| Notes: | Companion piece to The Lady and the Tramp by the same playwright. Audelco Awards Nomination, 1976 | |||||
| Synopsis: | A middle-aged woman reviews her life after she is abandoned by her young lover | |||||
Unfinished Women Cry In No Man's Land While A Bird Dies In A Gilded Cage |
| 1st Produced: | New York Shakespeare Festival Mobile Theatre, New York | 1977 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | in "Plays by Aishah Rahman", Broadway Play Publishing, New York, | 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: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | 1 BM, 7 BF, 3 WF | |||||
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| Synopsis: | Deals with the events in a home for unwed mothers on the last day of jazz musician Charlie Parker's life, March 12, 1 955. Reaches beyond statistics and sociological theories to find the unarticulated, half understood longings of teen-age mothers. | |||||
Voodoo America |
| 1st Produced: | Howard University, Washington, D.C | 1968 | ||||
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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: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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