Risen from the Dough
- Short Play, Dramatic Comedy, Present Day, Contemporary
- 2F
- ISBN: 9780573706134
In a small, rustic bakery located in the heart of "Little Haiti" Miami, FL, two Haitian-American sisters grapple with grief, identity, and the complicated realities of immigrant life.
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Description
- Short Play
- Dramatic Comedy
- 30 minutes
- Time Period: Present Day, Contemporary
- Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
- Set Requirements: Interior Set
- Performance Group:
- Community Theatre, Professional Theatre, Shoestring Budget, Reader's Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student
- Accolades:
- 2015 NNPN's Best New Short Play at City Theatre's Summer Shorts Festival
In a small, rustic bakery located in the heart of "Little Haiti" Miami, FL, two Haitian-American sisters grapple with grief, identity, and the complicated realities of immigrant life.
Previously hit with several code violations, they prepare for the Miami Dade Heath Department's next inspection, and find themselves speeding toward an explosive culture collision. Leonide struggles to convince her sister to break tradition in the name of survival. But in this day, of all days, marking the anniversary of her husband's murder, Maryse believes that tradition is all she has left.
Published in the Off Off Broadway Festival Plays, 41st Series.
Previously hit with several code violations, they prepare for the Miami Dade Heath Department's next inspection, and find themselves speeding toward an explosive culture collision. Leonide struggles to convince her sister to break tradition in the name of survival. But in this day, of all days, marking the anniversary of her husband's murder, Maryse believes that tradition is all she has left.
Published in the Off Off Broadway Festival Plays, 41st Series.
Premiere Production:
Risen from the Dough received its premiere production at The Ensemble Studio Theatre in NY, NY, at the 2009 Going to the River Festival. It was directed by Holli Harms.
Characters
- Casting: 2F
- Casting Attributes: Ensemble cast, Role(s) for Black Actor(s)
LEONIDE - her sister; a few years younger
