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Fall of Heaven, The

  • Walter Mosley
  • Full Length Play, Dramatic Comedy, Contemporary
  • 3M, 2F
  • ISBN: 9780573601057

The Fall of Heaven is a stunning success. Mosley deftly reworks The Tempest Tales into an incendiary piece of theatre that's both enthralling and engaging, drawing in the audience and never letting them go.

Broadwayworld.com

… you've got one of those nights at the theater you just hope is someone's first live play, 'cause they'll be fans for a lifetime. It's that kind of special.

St. Louis Magazine

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Dramatic Comedy
  • 120 minutes

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
  • Cautions: Alcohol, Gun Shots, Strong Language, Mild Adult Themes

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, College Theatre / Student, Professional Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups
A hip and inventive new play by Walter Mosley, best-selling author of more than 25 books and most widely known for his popular Easy Rawlins mysteries, including 'Devil in a Blue Dress'. 

Tempest Landry, a street-wise young man living in Harlem, unexpectedly finds himself at the Pearly Gates. When Saint Peter orders him to hell, the quick-witted Tempest refuses to go. A technical loophole forces heaven to send Tempest back to Earth with an angel in tow to keep him out of trouble. The resulting battle of wills takes an intriguing look at good versus evil and what it means to be human.
REVIEWS:

Rip-roaring... Altogether irresistible... Mosley possesses a hiply modern ear, a sharply focused, streetwise eye, tremendous wit, and a mischievous mix of unmitigated comic glee and deep ruefulness about the human condition. And that is just enough to reawaken belief in even the most cynical of us mortal creatures

Chicago Sun-Times

The Fall of Heaven is a stunning success. Mosley deftly reworks The Tempest Tales into an incendiary piece of theatre that's both enthralling and engaging, drawing in the audience and never letting them go.

Broadwayworld.com

Not only is it a new play, fresh from the prolific imagination of novelist Walter Mosley, it also is a play so far outside the usual dramatic conventions that it keeps you guessing until the very last moments.

St. Louis Post Dispatch

The Fall of Heaven could mark the rise of Walter Mosley as a powerful contemporary voice on the American Stage.

City Beat (Cincinnati)

… you've got one of those nights at the theater you just hope is someone's first live play, 'cause they'll be fans for a lifetime. It's that kind of special.

St. Louis Magazine
Premiere Production: The Fall of Heaven was originally produced by Cincinatti Playhouse in the Park (Edward Stern, Producing Artistic Director; Buzz Ward, Executive Director), at the Robert S. Marx Theatre in Cincinatti, Ohio on January 23, 2010. The performance was directed by Marion McClinton, with sets by David Gallo, costumes by Karen Perry, lighting by Donald Holder, sound by Rob Millburn and Michael Bodeen, fight direction by Drew Fracher. The Production Stage Manager was Jennifer Morrow.

Characters

  • Casting: 3M, 2F
  • Casting Attributes: Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle), Minority casting
  • Casting Notes: 3 men (2 African American; 1 white), 2 women (2 African American)

  • TEMPEST LANDRY - African-American, handsome, 30s
    JOSHUA ANGEL - African-American, approximately the same age as Tempest
    BOB - White, 30s, dashing, all other male roles
    BRANWYN - African-American, late 20s/early 30s, naturally attractive
    ALFREDA - African-American, all other female roles, approximately the same age as Branwyn

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    Fall of Heaven, The Script Order Now

    A hip and inventive new play by Walter Mosley, best-selling author of more than 25 books and most widely known for his popular Easy Rawlins mysteries, including 'Devil in a Blue Dress'. Tempest Landry, a street-wise young man living in Harlem, unexpectedly finds himself at the Pearly Gates. When Saint Peter orders him to hell, the quick-witted Tempest refuses to go. A technical loophole forces heaven to send Tempest back to Earth with an angel in tow to keep him out of trouble. The resulting battle of wills takes an intriguing look at good versus evil and what it means to be human.

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