Plays
1-Acts & Full Lengths
Nick & The Prizefighter
Selah Thompson is the caregiver for her famous playwright father, Forest Thompson. Nick Beerman, a young writer and dramaturg is tasked with helping Forest complete his life's work before the clock runs out. Selah must fight for control of her father's work, his legacy and find her own rhythm as she prepares to face the world without him.
Hedda Freeman
Adapted from Ibsen's Hedda Gabler
written with Dr. Justin P. Cowan
In this contemporary adaptation by Kamilah Bush and Justin P. Cowan, Hedda Freeman finds herself in a marriage and a society that she can’t seem to reconcile or escape. Issues of race, privilege, identity, and destiny come to a dramatic head as Hedda struggles to define what freedom really means.
WHAT.
The story of a woman who finds herself at a turning point in her marriage when tragedy strikes at the hands of the police. Navigating complex relationships, grief and what it means to be Black in America, What. is a story which, much like the Black experience, carries laughter in one hand and tragedy in the other.
How a Star Gets Made: The Bessie Coleman Story
A fun retelling of the life and times of the first Black woman aviator Bessie Coleman
John Henry
A rhythmic and exciting telling of the tall tale John Henry which combines percussion and movement to create the fantastic life of railroad man John Henry
Mass
A sixteen year old girl makes an unimaginable choice that lands her in a prison visitation room with her caring aunt and the two struggle to accept the consequences of harmful choices.
THEMBA
by
Amy da Luz
with
Kamilah Bush
A tragic accident leaves Lola, a newly adopted black baby from South Africa, in the middle of a fierce custody battle between estranged sisters Mary and Sarah, who are white. The fight exposes ulterior motives, covert racism and some uncomfortable truths about transracial intercountry adoption. The search for answers, instigated by Fran, a Black playwright, follows a trail of hypocrisy and denial on all sides, challenging faith, family and identity.
Concession
Five minutes after the best speech of her life, presidential candidate (and loser) Carolyn Grant, wrestles with her future in American politics.
10 Minute Plays
Water & a Flame
An oven fire sparks a couple to reevaluate their position in each other's lives
But Now I See
A wife home late from work and a husband with a jarring accusation that throws the couple into a fight for their love, their sanity and their sobriety.
Keep Walking
Three women on their walk home recount the experiences and abuses they face on the streets they walk every day.
The Foldable Man
A man home from war and the implications of his actions overseas complicating his ability to rejoin his life at home.
