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Wesley Sondheim and Lee Waldhart in Broom Street Theatre's production of A CONTEST OF WILLS, 2018

Plays by Coleman

Coleman's plays are available for reading at https://newplayexchange.org/users/17426/coleman 

TO SPEAK SO FORTHRIGHTLY AS TO OFFEND
(Two acts, six men, two women)
The moral arc of the universe bends toward justice, as a white civil rights activist Oklahoma housewife is freed following five years of illegal confinement. A dramatization of the true story of Rosie Gilchrist.

DOED KOECKS
Dead Cakes
(Two acts, four men, four women

A random discovery engulfs the world in a new religion. 
A brother disrupts his sister's creation.

A high-speed riff on religion, gullibility, ambition and family.
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INFAMOUS MOTHERS
Two acts, six female actors (5 black, 1 white)
Premiered October, 2018 at Madison's Bartell Theatre, produced by Strollers Theatre
​Read the review in Broadway World
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A CONTEST OF WILLS​
Two acts, 3 women, 2 men, race neutral
Premiered in June, 2018 at Madison's Broom Street Theatre
Coleman's answer to the decay in civil society.
​A son and a mother betray a father who betrayed them both first.
A dark comedy of greed, lust and murder
Purchase Script on Amazon

MONOLOGUES
​BUTTERFLY WINGS
 Produced by Forward Theatre at Madison's Overture Center, 2019
 Produced by Buffalo United Artists, 2019
ENOUGH TROUBLE IN THE WORLD
  Produced by Forward Theatre at Madison's Overture Center, 2016-2017
  Produced by Iowa State University, 2017
  Produced by Dog Story Theater, 2019
​​CUBAN POETRY
  Produced by Forward Theatre at Madison's Overture Center, 2014-2019
  Published by Vassar Review, 2020
​ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
​  Produced by Arcitext Theatre, Chicago-  2018
THE KUSH REPORT
​  Produced by Arcitext Theatre, Chicago-  2019
  Produced by Next Day Theater, New York - 2020
THE SUN GOES DOWN
​  Produced by Quaranstream Theatre (Normal Ave), NYC-  2020
  Produced by Fablework Theater, London - 2020
  Published by Joseph Weinberger Plays, London - 2020
  Published by Bracken Magazine, Seattle, 2020
PALIMPSEST
  Produced by StageQ, 2020
  Published by Vassar Review, 2021

FAUX POE
14 short plays that answer the question, if E.A. Poe were alive today, what would he write?
Produced by Alley Stage in 2010 and 2011.
Purchase script on Amazon

CLASS
Two Acts, 4 actors (Race neutral, gender neutral)
Inspired by the true story of Iowa teacher, Jane Elliot, Class is a disturbing and comic exploration of the dark side of being human.
Produced by Alley Stage in 2008
Produced by Broom Street Theatre in 2012.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Coleman's one-actor adaptation of Charles Dickens' famous classic.
Produced by University of Wisconsin / Platteville 2004
Produced by Orchard Lawn, 2004, 2006
Produced by Alley Stage, 2007, 2010

THE DIARY OF WILLIAM STEPHENS
One Act - 60 minutes
​For one actor and musicians
Produced by the Cornish Festival, 2006
Produced by the Heritage Players, 2009

​For more information, contact coleman@spokesinthewheel.com  


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