A Short Play for a Small Theatre

A Short Play for a Small Theatre

A Short Play for a Small Theatre

A Short Play for a Small Theatre

A Short Play for a Small Theatre

Overview

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.)

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Cautions

  • Artboard 3 Gun Shots

Details

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Cast Attributes: Role(s) for Black Actor(s)
  • Target Audience: Adult

Authors

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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