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A Short Play for a Small Theatre

Short Play, Drama  /  1m

Ed Bullins

A powerful but brief performance piece about the struggle to make a better life for one's self and loved ones, and the sacrifices and choices that struggle requires.

A Short Play for a Small Theatre

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    1m
  • Duration
    Duration
    10 minutes
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary
In this powerful piece, a performer applies colored paint to his face, wipes his hands, and puts on a pair of leather gloves. He then goes to each white person in the audience and shoots them in the face with the gun, reloading the gun as many times as he needs. (Note from the playwright: The audience must be 2/3 Black. If this is not the ratio that appears at the theatre, then the audience members must be turned away.)
History
A Short Play for a Small Theatre premiered in 1970.
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Keywords
Performing Groups
BLACK MAN
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting An empty black box theatre.
  • Duration 10 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Gun Shots

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Ed Bullins

Ed Bullins

Ed Bullins (1935-2021) was an African American playwright and author whose professional playwriting career began in 1965 with the production of How Do You Do, Dialect Determinism (or The Rally), and Clara's Ole Man at the Firehouse Repertory Theatre in San Francisco. He later ...

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