COMMITTED
A Mother A Son Civil Rights Vietnam
An Oklahoma housewife finds herself unjustly imprisoned for her stance towards civil rights, testing her bond with her son who finds his own voice opposing the Vietnam War.
CAST LIST ROSIE: White female, 40s STORYTELLER, White male, 70's. MRS FULLBRIGHT: Black female, 30-60 *JOE: Rosie's son. White male, (ages 10, 15 and 20 JOHN GILCHRIST, 40s, white male REVEREND GARRELL DUNN: White male, 50s CHIEF NELSON BECKET: White male, 40s DANIEL BERRIGAN, SJ: Jesuit priest, White male, 40s SENATOR E. MELVIN PORTER: Black male. 30s * JOE maybe be played by 1 or 3 actors |
Development
DEVELOPMENT and AWARDS
Dramatists Guild Institute workshop, "Writing Your Personal Narrative," Donje Love, 2021
Dramatists Guild "End of Play" project - virtual reading, 2021
Dramatists Guild Institute workshop, "Cracking the Producer's Code", Roland Tec, 2021
The Gang - an ersatz collective of playwrights, reading and critique, 2021
2021 Finalist - Negro Ensemble Company of New York
2021 Oklahoma Scholar Leadership Enrichment Program - required reading
2022 Finalist - Wisconsin Wrights Playwright Competition, Forward Theatre, Madison
Ubiquitous Players, Chicago, 2022 virtual staged reading
Semi-finalist, Risk Theatre Tragic Play Competition, 2022
Finalist, Create Theater / Prism Theater Residency 2023/2024
SETTING
A platform sits at the back or side of the stage. It is large enough to accommodate eight chairs. It might resemble a jury box or a gallery. It will be a holding area where actors who are not in a scene shall sit, observing the action onstage. There is also a small rectangular table and several other chairs that will be used in various scenes. They are moved about the stage to simulate various settings: a hospital, a home, an office, a rose garden, a campus quad, a church. Props (a pie, a garden hose, a textbook ...) are mimed.
This play is available for reading on my NPX website at - Coleman | New Play Exchange for people with memberships.
Dramatists Guild Institute workshop, "Writing Your Personal Narrative," Donje Love, 2021
Dramatists Guild "End of Play" project - virtual reading, 2021
Dramatists Guild Institute workshop, "Cracking the Producer's Code", Roland Tec, 2021
The Gang - an ersatz collective of playwrights, reading and critique, 2021
2021 Finalist - Negro Ensemble Company of New York
2021 Oklahoma Scholar Leadership Enrichment Program - required reading
2022 Finalist - Wisconsin Wrights Playwright Competition, Forward Theatre, Madison
Ubiquitous Players, Chicago, 2022 virtual staged reading
Semi-finalist, Risk Theatre Tragic Play Competition, 2022
Finalist, Create Theater / Prism Theater Residency 2023/2024
SETTING
A platform sits at the back or side of the stage. It is large enough to accommodate eight chairs. It might resemble a jury box or a gallery. It will be a holding area where actors who are not in a scene shall sit, observing the action onstage. There is also a small rectangular table and several other chairs that will be used in various scenes. They are moved about the stage to simulate various settings: a hospital, a home, an office, a rose garden, a campus quad, a church. Props (a pie, a garden hose, a textbook ...) are mimed.
This play is available for reading on my NPX website at - Coleman | New Play Exchange for people with memberships.