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Full-Length Play, Dark Comedy / 4 any gender (adult)
Dave Harris
Tambo and Bones are two characters 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 and present, then explodes America’s post-racial future – where what’s at stake, for those deemed less-than-human, is the fate of humanity itself.
Winner! Los Angeles Drama Critics’ Ted Schmitt Award for Outstanding New PlayWinner! Edgerton Foundation New Play AwardWinner! 2019 International Commendation from the Bruntwood Prize
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.
Tambo & Bones premiered in a co-world premiere co-production between Playwrights Horizons and Center Theatre Group, opening off-Broadway on 12 January 2022. Directed by Taylor Reynolds, the production featured W. Tré Davis and Tyler Fauntleroy as the titular characters alongside Brendan Dalton and Dean Linnard in the Playwrights Horizons production and Tim Kopacz and Alexander Neher in the Center Theatre Group production.
Before that, the play was developed at Ojai Playwrights Conference and with support from SPACE onRyder Farm and the Black Swan Lab at Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
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“High-brow and brilliant!” – New York Magazine
“Tambo & Bones will make you second-guess everything you do in a theatre… [Harris’s play] gets the highest possible marks.” – TheaterMania
“Inventive and immersive, constantly shape-shifting to both unsettle and surprise us.” – Indulge Magazine
Tambo & Bones – Preview, Playwrights Horizons
Tambo & Bones – Trailer, Theatre Royal Stratford East
Tambo & Bones – Audience Reactions, Center Theatre Group
Tambo & Bones – Audience Responses, Theatre Royal Stratford East
Tambo & Bones – An introduction to Tambo and Bones... in their own words
Tambo & Bones – About the Show with playwright 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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