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Melba LaRose

MELBA LAROSE

  
Nationality:    USA
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Melba LaRose's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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below is a list of Melba LaRose's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Black Gold - the Passion Of Aleijadinho         Ebony Black         Isaiah's Dream -- A Parade Of Poets         Little Red - Girl From the Hood

Black Gold - the Passion Of Aleijadinho

Synopsis:
Black Gold - the Passion Of aleijadinho, based on the life of antonio Francisco Lisboa (1738-1814), Baroque sculptor of Brazil. the Dramatic account of a man born a slave and freed at birth by his Portuguese father, a master builder of churches. Winning Brazil's Grand Prize at the age of 18, Lisboa became the Michelangelo of his country. His life parallels the gold rush in the colonial cities and the development of Brazil in Arts, religion and politics, reaching for independence from the Portuguese and its own identity.

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1st Produced:
Shooting Star Theatre In South Street Seaport, NY    40516

Organisations:
NY artists Unlimited and MTP-Montauk Theatre Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Biographical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Ebony Black

Synopsis:
In this version, Iceola (or Icy), a rich lady from the Hamptons, orders up a daughter from the Gracious Home Shopping Network and requests: skin white as snow, lips red as blood, and hair black as ebony. a beautiful girl arrives at her door, but there has been a mix-up. She has: hair white as snow, cheeks red as blood, and skin as black as ebony. escaping Iceola's wrath and helped along by the servants, ebony goes on a singing/ dancing trip through the multicultural east Village with a wacky band of musicians. Iceola, bolstered by chats with her computer monitor and a psychic network, impersonates hosts of TV shows and a homeless Irishwoman to try to destroy ebony
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Notes:
book And lyrics by Melba LaRose; music by Rachel Kaufman

1st Produced:
Seaport District Cultural Association Performing Space, NY    2007

Organisations:
NY artists Unlimited and Montauk Theatre Productions/Shooting Star Theatre

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Music:
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Genre:
childrens' Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  cast of 7

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Isaiah's Dream -- A Parade Of Poets

Synopsis:
Isaiah is struggling with his homework. It is poetry and he cannot see the point of poetry. Rabindranath Tagore appears tells Isaiah about his life and recites one of his own poems. He introduces a number of poets - Walt Whitman, Maya angelou, Alice Walker, Hilaire Belloc among them. all tell of their life and recite a poem. Langston Hughes is the last - but he talks about Isaiah's life

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1st Produced:
New Perspectives Theatre Company
NY, USA    17 Mar 2012

Organisations:
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Music:
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Genre:
Youth play

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Little Red - Girl From the Hood

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Music:
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