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View from 151st Street, A

  • Bob Glaudini
  • Full Length Play, Drama, Present Day, New Millennium/21st Century
  • 5M, 3F
  • ISBN: 9780573662751

A View From 151st Street incorporates elements of spoken word poetry, takes a look at life and death on the titular street in uptown Manhattan.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama
  • 90 minutes

  • Time Period: Present Day, New Millennium/21st Century
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
  • Cautions: Drugs, Smoking, Intense Adult Themes, Gun Shots, Nudity/Partial Nudity, Strong Language

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Professional Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups
A View From 151st Street incorporates elements of spoken word poetry, takes a look at life and death on the titular street in uptown Manhattan. An undercover cop is undergoing rehabilitation after a shot to the head. As he re-learns words and recovers his memories, a coke-dealer turned wannabe rapper spins into a downward spiral. Cops, rappers, dealers, teachers, hustlers, husbands and wives dwell in the rhythms of rap, raw humor, aphasic staccato and live jazz.

Premiere Production: A View From 151st Street was originally produced by the LAByrinth Theater Company at the Public Theater. It opened on October 18, 2007.

Characters

  • Casting: 5M, 3F
  • Casting Attributes: Ensemble cast, Multicultural casting

DWIGHT
LENA
DELROY
DANIEL
MONROE
MARA
IRENE
RAY

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A View From 151st Street incorporates elements of spoken word poetry, takes a look at life and death on the titular street in uptown Manhattan. An undercover cop is undergoing rehabilitation after a shot to the head. As he re-learns words and recovers his memories, a coke-dealer turned wannabe rapper spins into a downward spiral. Cops, rappers, dealers, teachers, hustlers, husbands and wives dwell in the rhythms of rap, raw humor, aphasic staccato and live jazz.

$24.95

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