CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY....CELEBRATING THE COLOUR OF FREEDOM...

We have already gotten reviews that this is by far one of the best play we have written in a long time...and personally I agree. I like this play because it presents a narrative in a different way from what we are used to. In this play we see the Narrator...

Laura is a teacher & Activist who is kidnapped by a gang and held for ransom. Her captures see her as easy money but Antwone, who is given the job to watch her, will find her to be a whole lot more.

Intertwined with a modern day scenario....this play takes us on a journey through our past looking at real black people as they struggled for freedom and persevered until their change came.

Length: 45 Minutes
Cast: 12 Main Characters. Plus extras.
Audience: Teens & Adults
Genre: Historical Drama

Sample Scenes

SCENE 3

            LIGHTS UP SL

            Antwone is sitting quite agitated.

Laura tries to speak but because of the gag it comes out indecipherably. She continues making sounds and annoying Antwone even more.

ANTWONE: Lady, can’t you shut up.

            She makes even more noise.

            In frustration he grabs the gag off.

ANTWONE: What?

LAURA: Why are you doing this?

ANTWONE: A man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do.

LAURA: Oh so you think doing this makes you any more of a man. Have you got it twisted? This doesn’t make you a man. This makes you a coward.

ANTWONE: Whatever.

            Pause.

            Laura thinks for just a moment and just starts to shake your head.

LAURA: When did we get here?

ANTWONE: Whatcha talking about lady.

LAURA: We blacks used to fight together not against each other.

ANTWONE: What are you? Some kinda Historian?

LAURA: I’m a teacher…but more than that I’m an activist.

ANTWONE: Oh great. I’m stuck here with a talker.

LAURA: You can gag me if you want.

ANTWONE: No…I think I rather hear what you are saying. Its less annoying.

LAURA: Let me tell you about real men.

            LIGHTS COME UP ON SR.

            A black man is walking with some real heavy bags on his shoulders.

            A slave master stands over him with a whip.

LAURA: Real men persevered through hardships. They survived physical and verbal abuse as they patiently waited for their change to come. They fought long and hard so people like you and me could have our freedom. Many gave their lives for our freedom.

            The man onstage is whipped.

LAURA: You want to talk about real men. Real men stood up for what is right in the face of adversity…they stood up for freedom.

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