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.

The Importance of Being Earnest

Adapted from Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest

What’s in a name? For some people — everything. A new, exciting spin on an old classic, this adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s satire sparkles with wit and whimsy. To become the gentlemen they believe they’re meant to be, Jack and Algernon must live double lives. Country mice and city mice collide in this comedy that will woo you from the very start!

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

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

Mamas & Papas

Set in the 70s when disco was still it, after her mother’s passing, a daughter comes to live with her estranged father and the two attempt to reach an understanding on how to move forward. Featured in Season 15 of The Fire This Time Festival

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.

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