ALEXANDER THOMAS
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Plays by Alexander Thomas
Black Stuff |
| 1st Produced: | 2006 | |||
| Company: | Eagle/Hawk Productions | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| 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: | Comedy Performance Art, 105 min | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: written by LeVan D. Hawkins & Alexander Thomas. VENUE #14: The Gene Frankel Theatre | ||||
Synopsis: In this Chicago-based multimedia comedy called "hysterical & incisive" by the L.A. Times, two black men re-enact their lives after having identical dreams of dying and being denied entrance to the black section of heaven because they weren't "black enough". | ||||
Throw Pitchfork |
| 1st Produced: | October Festival, Ensemble Studio Theatre (work in progress production) (New York, NY, United States) | 1999 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Playscripts, Inc | 2004 | ||
| 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: | Dramedy | - | Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Running time: 75-80 | ||||
Synopsis: Willie Thomas, an overworked, alcoholic, African-American father, passes on a legacy of self-hate and anger to his four sons: Jimmy, Wesley, Cleve, and the youngest, Alex. Each finds his own way to digest this legacy -- Jimmy through hard drugs, Wes through petty crime, Cleve through education and the arts. The older brothers are seen through the eyes of young Alex, who had a pitchfork thrown at him by his father during a drunken rage. He desperately searches for self-definition as he attempts both to emulate and separate himself from his brothers and father. His search crystallizes when his father's true story is revealed -- as a child, Willie suffered a cruel injustice at the hands of a racist Alabama penal system, which virtually robbed Willie of his childhood. Written for one energetic actor, Throw Pitchfork explores serious terrain with much comedy. | ||||