Emergency
- Full Length Play, Dramatic Comedy
- 1M
- ISBN: 9780573699528
"Daniel Beaty is a name to remember, as is this vivid portrait of the African-American experience in present day New York"
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Description
- Full Length Play
- Dramatic Comedy
- Target Audience: Adult
- Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set
- Performance Group:
- Large Stage, Dinner Theatre, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student
A Slave Ship emerges out of the Hudson River in front of the Statue of Liberty sending NYC into a frenzy. Emergency is an intricately woven, urgent, witty and moving exploration of our shared humanity and what it means to be free. An explosive play where rhythm, rhyme and remembrance rise.
REVIEWS:
Published in Emergency & Through the Night.
REVIEWS:
"Daniel Beaty is a name to remember, as is this vivid portrait of the African-American experience in present day New York."
TheaterMania.com
"Daniel Beaty's explosive, affecting solo play Emergency may be the most important new American drama since Angels in America."
NYTheatre.com
"A funny, passionate show."
Variety
Premiere Production:
Emergency premiered at The Public Theatre in New York City in October 2006 under the direction of Kenny Leon.
Characters
- Casting: 1M
- Casting Attributes: Expandable casting
- Casting Notes: Originally performed by 1 male, cast may be expanded
FOR MULTIPLE ACTOR CASTS:
One Actor plays REPORTER, ANTON
One Actors plays JAMES, FREDDIE, and WAKEEM
One Actor plays PISSED OFF NEGRO, POLICE OFFICER and RAY RAY CHRISTOPHER
One Actor plays ASHES, RONALD and RODNEY
One Actress plays BESSIE and BLACK FEMALE SCHOLAR
One Actress plays CLARISSA and SHARITA
One Actor plays PETER and REGINALD, KOFI
One Actress plays SLAVE-OLOGIST, SINGER, and ERIC (ERIKA)
JAMES
PISSED OFF NEGROES
ASHES
BESSIE
CLARISSA
PETER
SLAVE-OLOGIST
RONALD
POLICE OFFICER
BLACK FEMALE SCHOLAR
SHARITA
RODNEY
FREDDIE
REGINALD
SPECTATOR
ANTON
KOFI
RAY RAY CHRISTOPHER
ERIC
SINGER
WAKEEM
