African American
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Kermit FrazierDescription
In the frightening, chaotic early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, a Black mother and daughter come together both to grieve and to search for reconciliation.
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (2 female)
Short Drama (about 15 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Eugene O'NeillDescription
Brutus Jones sets himself up as monarch of a Caribbean island and exploits his subjects ruthlessly until a uprising forces him to flee for his life... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (3 female, 6 male)
Full Length Drama (about 80 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period CostumesKermit FrazierDescription
An elderly white woman strives to survive through memory, hope, and strange visitations in a seemingly contentious urban landscape.
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (1 female, 1 male)
Short (about 35 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Michael BradfordDescription
Marcus, his father Leon, and grandfather Bernard confront a history of absence, mistakes, mistrust, and broken promises as they strive to redefine themselves as fathers and sons.
Production Info
Cast: 4 total (1 female, 3 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Kermit FrazierDescription
With an important piece of legislation pending, treatment for a serious illness about to begin, and engagement to a woman half his age in the balance, a first-term City Councilman in Washington, D... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (2 female, 4 male)
Full Length Drama (about 120 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Y YorkDescription
Trapped by a storm in the office of the environmental organization for which they work, Antony and Janna find that their views on race and the environment have the power to send them back in time to discover how closely related they really are.
Production Info
Cast: 2 total (1 female, 1 male)
Full Length Drama (about 75 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Michael Henry BrownDescription
Described by the New York Times as "a threatening portrait of urban insanity. A drug lord is king, corruption is endemic and parents instill offspring with perverse values... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (3 female, 4 male)
Full Length Drama (about 125 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary Costumes
Lonnie CarterDescription
THE GULLIVER TRILOGY presents the adventures of its hero, Lemuel Louis Gulliver, Citizen Candidate of the World, an extraordinary everyman, whose picaresque life begins in 1942 on Chicago's great South Side... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (4 female, 4 male, Multiethnic Cast)
Full Length Drama (about 110 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary CostumesLonnie CarterDescription
THE GULLIVER TRILOGY presents the adventures of its hero, Lemuel Louis Gulliver, Citizen Candidate of the World, an extraordinary everyman, whose picaresque life begins in 1942 on Chicago's great South Side... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 8 total (4 female, 4 male, Multiethnic Cast)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Steve CarterDescription
Two baby-faced would-be criminals decide to rob the home of two women of advanced age who live in contention with their past, their present, their future, and each other... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (2 female, 4 male, 2 Children)
Full Length Drama (about 85 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Seth RozinDescription
Michaela, an African American dean at a major American university, summons Alan, a renowned professor of cultural psychology, in response to student protest over his controversial paper on female initiation rites in sub-Saharan Africa... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (2 female, 1 male)
Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Reginald EdmundDescription
JUNETEENTH STREET is the journey of a family, a church, and a community after the death of their patriarch and head pastor... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 6 total (3 female, 3 male, all characters are African American)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Kermit FrazierDescription
An African American college professor who is feeling stuck both in his life and in his world of words meets a female African American student who comes to represent for him a dangerous kind of renewal and redemption, one that leads to tragedy for two disparate families... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (3 female, 6 male)
Full Length Drama (about 115 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary CostumesLonnie CarterDescription
THE GULLIVER TRILOGY presents the adventures of its hero, Lemuel Louis Gulliver, Citizen Candidate of the World, an extraordinary everyman, whose picaresque life begins in 1942 on Chicago's great South Side... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (4 female, 5 male, Multiethnic Cast)
Full Length Drama (about 110 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
Naomi WallaceDescription
On the docks of late 18th-century Rhode Island, two runaway slaves, Adjua and Dembi, plan a desperate and daring run to freedom... [read more]
Production Info
Cast: 10 total (3 female, 7 male)
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Period Costumes