When an African-American demands a distant European-American pay him reparations for the benefits derived from slavery, painful histories are revealed.
LENGTH of PLAY or MUSICAL in MINUTES
70
PRODUCTION HISTORY
An earlier, ten-minute version of this work, Coming Home to Roost, was presented as a staged reading via Zoom in July 2022 by the Tiger's Heart Players.
A staged reading was performed as part of Act-Direct-Draft in November 2023.
NUMBER of ACTORS that are PART of the SCRIPT
4
DESRIPTIONS of CHARACTERS that are PART of YOUR SCRIPT
WHITE WILLIAM, male, mid-forties, European American. Secure but troubled.
CHARD, male, mid-sixties, European American. Wants to do meaningful lawyering.
BLACK WILLIAM, male, mid-forties, African American. Ironic. Wry. Resigned.
PAT, female, late thirties, African American. Lives on the knife edge of America's racial divide.
YOUR FULL NAME
Marlin Thomas
Postal code
10801
Country
United States
YOUR BIOGRAPHY
Marlin Thomas was born in Bronx, NY, grew up in Queensbridge Houses, and was educated at Queens College(CUNY), Johns Hopkins University, and New York University. He writes both academically and creatively.
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