Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination: Nine Solo Plays
JULY 6 - JULY 10
Border of Lights
Cast
Xiomara
CINDY DE LA CRUZ
Time
Today
Setting
Border of Dominican Republic and Haiti
Ghosts of the Diaspora
Cast
Michel
BRIAN D. COATS
Time
Now
Setting
Brooklyn, New York; Kinshasa, Zaire; Haiti
Freaky Dee, Baby
Cast
Freaky Dee
ASHLEY C. TURNER
Time
Now
Setting
Where We At? Freaky Dee's World
JULY 13 - JULY 18
Black Moon Lilith
Cast
Bakhita, Chiron (Ground Control)
SHARINA MARTIN
Time
Time is a construct but- 1947 and 2025
Setting
On Earth: A convent in Schio, Italy.
Outer space: A moon orbiting 3,700 miles from Martian ground.
With mother Africa always present.
A Ghost in Satin
Cast
Eartha Kitt (Carnival Barker, Voice of God)
ANTWAYN HOPPER
Time
Summer 2043
Setting
Williamstown Theatre Festival
don’t get got
Cast
Lady
PORTIA
Time
Now
Setting
Here
JULY 21 - JULY 25
Mark It Down
Cast
Granddaughter (Grandmother)
NAOMI LORRAIN
Time
Late 2020
Setting
A living room in the middle of the night
The Last……(A Work in Progress)
Cast
You
RONALD PEET
Time
Another kind of later
Setting
Could be anywhere
THE MASTER’S TOOLS
Cast
Tituba
ROSALYN COLEMAN
Time
Then, in the early 1700s, and also now
Setting
The woods surrounding Salem
Each program of Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination: Nine Solo Plays will be performed without an intermission.
Please note: This performance includes strobe lights.