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Colored

10 Minute Play, Drama  /  3w, 4m

Winter Miller

Part of the collection, Facing Our Truth: Ten Minute Plays on Trayvon, Race and Privilege .

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 4m
  • Duration
    Duration
    10 minutes
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Teen (Age 14-18)

Details

Summary

Interactions between passengers on a subway ride escalate dangerously.

History
Colored was originally commissioned for Facing Our Truth: Ten Minute Plays On Trayvon, Race And Privilege and produced by The New Black Fest, Keith Josef Adkins, Artistic Director. The original reading took place at the Martin Segal Theater at CUNY Graduate Center, NYC December 5, 2013.

Facing Our Truth is not associated with the Trayvon Martin Foundation.
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Performing Groups

BLUE - Middle aged woman
ALSO BLUE - Middle aged man
GREEN - Woman in her 30's - 40's
PURPLE - Woman in her 30's
YELLOW - Boy, 15
PINK - Boy, 16
RED - Boy, 15
INDIGO - Woman, any age [role is optional, depending if you have resources]++
TEAL - Woman, any age [role is optional, depending if you have resources]++

*The above colors of the characters/actors must be made known to the audience by somne method; please use your imagination. 

++Indigo and Teal represent the bystander, and as such are important, but if you don't have the cast, you can do just one or none. 

  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting

    Day, an outdoor subway platform in Brooklyn.

  • Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
  • Additional Features No Intermission
  • Duration 10 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Intense Adult Themes

Media

"The playwrights [of Facing Our Truth...] are Latino, white, Middle Eastern, Asian-American and black ... [The theatre event] was inspired by the debates and nationwide protests that greeted George Zimmerman’s July 13 acquittal in the killing of Mr. Martin, an unarmed black teenager." - Keith Josef Adkins, quoted in The New York Times, Read More

"We're excited to bring our community together to witness how a select group of artists will approach this tragic event and its aftermath ... These are events which, if not considered and explored thoughtfully, could fracture communities." - Michael Ritchie, Artistic Director, Center Theatre Group, Read More 

"Adkins, co-founder and artistic director of The New Black Fest, a New York City–based theatre festival, was so upset by the [verdict acquitting George Zimmerman] ... Days later, still struggling to sort out his feelings of rage, disappointment and confusion, Adkins decided to look for solace and answers where he’d always found them: in the theatre." - Theatre Communications Group, Read More

"Like no other form, theatre definitely promotes dialogue ... It puts us all in a room together, so we’re not just showing the work—we’re also opening communication around the issues that the work stirred up." - Dominique Morisseau, quoted in Theatre Communications Group, Read More

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: £30 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

Authors

Winter Miller

Winter Miller
Winter Miller is an award-winning playwright and founding member of the Obie-recognized collective 13 Playwrights. She is best known for her drama In Darfur which premiered at The Public Theater, followed by a standing room only performance at their 1800-seat Delacorte Theate ...
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