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BRIDGE IN THE DISTANCE

Set in Selma, AL, 1966 against the backdrop of the civil rights movement, the play follows a black man who is determined to exercise his right to vote despite numerous obstacles deliberately placed in his way. The play represents the personal and historical struggles African Americans faced when trying to vote and culminates in a powerful and emotional narrative of resilience and hope.

BuNBURY THEATER, LOUISVILLE, ky

fade to black theater, houston, tx

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Poll tax for sista blu

The setting is Selma, Alabama, a year after Bloody Sunday. Sista Blu—a server in a diner--is so absorbed in a book, she seems not to be mindful of her customers; Harris says she has something on her mind. And what is that? The sheriff election, maybe? Harris also says women know nothing about politics. Obviously, he’s wrong since Sista Blu crosses Pettus Bridge in torrential rain to get to the only “colored” precinct. The question is, does disenfranchisement work as it often does, or does Sista Blu’s effort to vote pay off?

Ghosts in the Garret

Contemporarily, Tom, the protagonist in Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1852), has mistakenly assumed the reputation of being a traitor to his fellow slaves. Many people who want to cast someone as a traitor to his/her people will say that person is an Uncle Tom. If one were to read Uncle Tom’s Cabin, however, one will realize at the start Tom was actually a savior of sorts to the slaves. Tom’s defense of Cassy and Emmaline in Ghosts in the Garret is an example of who Tom really was.

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Bridge—stage reading cast

Houston Blacks Arts Festival, June 11, 2024

BRIDGE IN THE DISTANCE UPCOMING PRODUCTION UPSTAGE THEATRE BATON ROUGE, lA AUGUST 15 AND 16

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BridgE in the distance

cONTRAFLOW

Set during the tumultous few days in New Orleans leading up to the Hurricane Katrina disaster of 2005, a police sergeant learns of his daughter’s kidnapping and goes on a desperate, high-stakes vigilante spree to find and rescue her—ultimately uncovering a much larger conspiracy and criminality that caused the infamous breaching of the Ninth Ward levees in the wake of the storm.

tHE TRUTH ABOUT UNCLE TOM

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Can Turtle’s neighbors rescue him before . . . ?