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Bleeding Kansas

Kathryn Walat

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Full Length Play, Drama

3m, 2f

ISBN: 9780573699153

Homesteading farmers George and Kitty fight the elements to start a new life as a politically divided country takes a dangerous step towards civil war.

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Description

Full Length Play

Drama

Docudrama/Historic

105 Minutes

Time Period - Wild West, American Civil War Era

Settings Of Play - Pre-Civil War Kansas Territory.

FEATURES / CONTAINS

Scene work, Competition or audition material

Unit Set/Multiple Settings

Period Costumes

CAUTIONS

No Special Cautions

THEMES

Politics

TARGET AUDIENCE

Adult, Senior, Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Teen (Age 14 - 18)

PERFORMANCE GROUP

College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre

It's 1855, Kansas Territory. The country is divided. People are turning against their neighbors because of their beliefs. War is on the horizon. Good people will do bad things and love will grow in places it shouldn't.

A provocative, funny and insightful play revisits a crucial moment in American history. Homesteading farmers George and Kitty fight the elements to start a new life as a politically divided country takes a dangerous step towards civil war.

"To Walat's credit, her fast-moving play does not preach, merely raises questions, among them: Who are we as a nation? What shaped us and why? And does what we were—violent, intractable and destructive—play into our present-day society?...Bleeding Kansas is an excellent work." –San Diego News

Bleeding Kansas premiered at The Hangar Theatre (Kevin Moriarty, Artistic Director; Lisa Bushlow, Executive Director) in Ithaca, NY, August 2007. It was directed by Kevin Moriarty.

Characters

CASTING

3m, 2f

CASTING ATTRIBUTES

Ensemble cast

CHORUS SIZE

N/A (Not a musical)

HANNAH ROSE ALLEN – A young abolitionist from Boston.
EDWIN REDPATH aka RED – A pro-slavery “Border Ruffian” from Missouri.
KITTSON CLARKE – A headstrong woman following her husband George.
GEORGE CLARKE – A free-state farmer from Indiana.
JOSIAH NICHOLS – A pro-slavery farmer from Missouri.
OTHER MEN – Played by the actors who play Red, George, and Josiah, as indicated.

Author

Kathryn Walat

Kathryn Walat’s plays include Creation (Theatre @ Boston Court), This Is Not Antigone (New George’s Germ Project), Bleeding Kansas (Hangar Theatre; Francesca Primus Citation; published by Samuel French), Victoria Martin: Math Team Queen (Women’s Project; published by Samuel French and in Best Plays of 2007), Know Dog (Salvage Vanguard Theater), and Johnny Hong Kong (Perishable Theater). She has ... view full profile