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Tambo & Bones

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  4 any gender (adult)

Dave Harris

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Tambo & Bones

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    4 any gender (adult)
Accolades
Accolades

  • Winner of Los Angeles Drama Critics' Ted Schmitt Award for Outstanding New Play.

Details

Summary
THE STORY: Tambo and Bones are two characters trapped in a minstrel show. It's mad hard to feel like a real person when you're trapped in a minstrel show. Their escape plan: get out, get bank, get even. A rags-to-riches hip-hop journey, this new comedy roasts America’s racist past, wrestles America’s racist present, and explodes America’s post-racial future—where what’s at stake, for those deemed less-than-human, is the fate of humanity itself.

Media

“High-brow and brilliant!” —New York Magazine.

“TAMBO & BONES will make you second-guess everything you do in a theater… [Harris’s play] gets the highest possible marks.” —TheaterMania.

“…inventive and immersive, constantly shape-shifting to both unsettle and surprise us.” —Indulge Magazine.

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: £85 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

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Authors

Dave Harris

Dave Harris

Dave Harris is a poet and playwright from West Philly. Selected plays include Tambo & Bones (LA Drama Critics Award for Best New Play, TimeOut London’s Best Plays of 2023), Exception to the Rule (Roundabout Theatre Company, 2022) and Tender (Soho Theatre, 2026). His first fea ...

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