Waiting to Be Invited
Product Code: WA3000
Full-length Play
Cast size: 1m., 5w. (No doubling.)
Awards: Kennedy Center American College TheaterPlaywriting Award
Rights and availability
This title can be licensed and sold in the following countries:
Canada, United States
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Synopsis
It's the summer of 1964 in Atlanta, Georgia. Four middle-aged black women, co-workers from a local doll factory, travel by city bus to a "whites only" eating establishment inside a downtown Atlanta department store Their purpose is to "test" their newly acquired civil rights handed down by the Supreme Court outlawing segregation in eating establishments. This funny, touching play received the Kennedy Center Roger L. Stevens Award for New Playwrights and the Adrienne Kennedy Award for Most Promising Young Dramatist.
Details
- Status In stock
- Type of Show Full-length Play
- Product Code WA3000
- Minimum Cast Size 6
- Pages of Dialogue 58
- Min. Royalty Rate $90.00/perf
- Approx. Run Time 80 min
Categories
- ISBN(13) 9781583422656
Media Reviews
"A poignant play…underscores the goodness of ordinary people at their best." -Christian Science Monitor"Considered strictly as theatre, it would be well worth seing… but seen in the context of Black History Month, this show is essential viewing." -KDHX Theatre Review
"Waiting to Be Invited is both observant and touching and provides a tour de force for its actors." -Talkin' Broadway
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