AN OCTOROON at Dobama Theatre (Teaser Trailer)
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- AN OCTOROON
by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
directed by Nathan Motta
*Midwest Premiere*
2014 Obie Award - Best New American Play
Oct. 21 - Nov. 13
"The decade's most eloquent theatrical statement on race..."
-The New York Times
WITH: Abraham Adams+, India Nicole Burton+, Ananias J. Dixon+, Natalie Green*, Anjanette Hall*, Katrice Headd+, Maya Jones+, Nathan A. Lilly+, and Arif Silverman+
SYNOPSIS:
In 1859 Dion Boucicault's hit play THE OCTOROON helped spark national debate. Using Boucicault’s play as a template, playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ (2016 MacArthur "Genius" Grant recipient) AN OCTOROON deconstructs its depiction of race, comments on our nation's past, and confronts the issues facing modern day America in one of the most exciting and controversial plays of our time.
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set desing: Richard Morris, Jr.
lighting: Marcus Dana
sound: Derek Graham
costumes: Tesia Benson
props: Yesi Real-Rivera
stage manager: Megan Mingus*
* indicates member Actors' Equity Association
+ denotes Equity Membership Candidate
We kind of do know how slaves spoke. We have a collection of narratives called; Born In Slavery: Slave Narratives at the library of Congress from the Federal Writer's Project (FWP) 1936-1938. There are audio files as well as written transcripts that the writers actually wrote in the exact vernacular and dialects used by their subjects.. Zora Neale Hurston was one of the Federal Writers collecting these stories from former slaves that were still alive that recounted their experiences being slaves. Most of her subjects were elderly in their late 70s to 80s and were children when they were actually slaves. In the 1930s slavery had only been abolished for about 70+ years, making it possible to talk to people who actually were slaves in their younger years. The collection of slave narratives is accessible through the Library of Congress website, you can hear the audio files and read the written narratives yourselves if you're interested in knowing about the former slaves experience and hear how they really spoke.
I had the privilege of being able to see this on closing day. Great show! fantastic
What in the flying fuck. My people will do anything for Money 😡. This is crazy and disturbing asf
I`m going to see it at my University, but the song used in this editing is beautiful. does anyone know what song it is?
Josee S. Etienne its the track 'freedom' from the Django Unchained soundtrack
You should be able to watch plays online
Sure just not for free.
@@Lance37a why?
Were any of the performances taped? If so, can a copy of it be acquired for viewing?
Is the play currently being performed live anywhere?
Stage West in Fort Worth will be presenting AN OCTOROON from August 30 to September 30, 2018. Web site is StageWest.org
Its in atlanta right now at actors Express
I just saw it tonight in Rhode Island
Why is slavery emphasized so greatly in this country? Slavery is largely over exaggerated with undocumentation. Furthermore, writing a play about the romanticism of slavery and NOT writing a play explaining indentured servitude is willful ignorance. Moreover, the language from these actor's portrayal is exactly the same vernacular used in our communities today.