Plays For Production

The Abesha Conspiracy follows the story of Joseph and his Ethiopian wife Sosena as they journey to her homeland. It is a journey of the soul that connects a husband to a wife, parent to their child, and an individual to their culture. Based on the playwright’s perceptual experiences on a post nuptial pilgrimage to Ethiopia.  VIEW MORE »

Beneath a Dark Sky is a touching memory play of African-American life in rural southeast Texas. Willamena has an enduring relationship with an otherwise ostracized grandfather, all the while struggling to come of age with a transient father of her own. Not so much a play in the traditional sense, “Beneath A Dark Sky” is storytelling in it’s most ancient and powerful form.  VIEW MORE »

BLAXPLOITATION: THE REMIX is a collection of original sketch performances that are unabashedly courageous and provocative in their take on race, class, and American politics.

Written by Kevin Douglas, Inda Craig-Galvan, and Carla Stillwell
World Premiere: 2006 MPAACT Chicago Illinois
Place: Various Minimally suggested.
Time: present day America
Sketch Comedy 90 Minutes  VIEW MORE »

By Kevin Douglas, Inda Craig-Galvan, and Carla Stillwell
Directed by Terry Cullers
February 2- March 18, 2007

Kevin Douglas, Inda Craig-Galvan, and Carla Stillwell have produced a unique brand of comedic work which is celebrated for it’s irreverence, it’s intelligence, and it’s raucous humor.
Synopsis:
Blaxploitation 2 continues in the tradition of the critically acclaimed Blaxploitation: The Remix. This production is a collection of original sketch performances that are unabashedly courageous and provocative in their take on race, class, and American politics.

"Men are like buses" are the words of Mary who is looking, but not desperate to find Mr. Right. And, so come the many men who transport themselves in and out of her life. There is "Ford the Fleabag", Rob the flip”, and "Dussell the Love Muscle" just to name a few. But Mary is interested in finding true love, not just a constant parade of new and newer buses.  VIEW MORE »

Carla... in Search of My Silky Underthings is based on the true life experiences of Carla Stillwell. Performed as an intimate dialogue between the artist and the audience. The work displays a bold honesty. With liberal doses of respect and irreverence the play tackles sex, dating, parenting, chronic illness, and the need for creative expression.

Carla... in Search of My Silky Underthings
Playwright: Carla Stillwell
World Premiere: 2000 (Exoskeletal Blues) - Originally produced by MPAACT, Chicago Illinois
Place: Chicago IL . One settings minimally suggested: Nightclub
Time: 1975-2000  VIEW MORE »

Chris T. asks intriguing questions about our belief systems, from politics to faith. What happens when the Prezo-dent of the world gets on T.V. and proclaims that Jesus Christ never existed?  VIEW MORE »

Defending Myself is a physical exploration of the power dynamics in love. We witness Richard and Aza from the anticipations of first date flirtation and intense heat to the familiarities of daily routine and the "little things" that make all the difference in loving/sharing /giving/receiving/ possessing self or a lover.  VIEW MORE »

This story takes place in the moment when life takes a sharp, distinct turn. With poetry, prose and the conjuring of memory's past, we watch a young women struggle to let go of the relationship that she and her mother developed during her 20's We mourn with her as she applies the lessons passed to her through lecture, argument, and out right silliness to rise above the pain of loss.

The Divine Order Of Becoming  VIEW MORE »

Fascia is a blend of Yoruba belief systems grafted onto a contemporary African-American family. Fascia is the struggle to understand a singular moment in the life of an entire family. The baggage that makes the seemingly simple ....so damn complicated. We follow the story of cousins who though once inseparable, now find themselves distant and detached.  VIEW MORE »

Gabriel’s Threshold allows the audience to stand witness as victims of random violence turn the tables on their assailant. In a world were violence is glamorized, Gabriel’s Threshold exposes the physical and emotional devastation caused by these acts, with none of the glitz to numb the pain.

Gabriel’s Threshold
Playwright: Shepsu Aakhu
World Premiere: 1997 (Afrosynthesis) - Originally produced by MPAACT, Chicago Illinois
Place: Small town, Midwest. One setting minimally suggested: Front porch.
Time: The late 1980's.
One Act drama (30 minutes)
3M/1F
$12/script
$35/performance

Girl To Be Named Later reflects the tension and turmoil of its main character who teeters on the edge of sanity. Wanting desperately to escape a life filled with pain, but afraid to venture out of her mother’s shadow, Ohh Child -Peach retreats into a world of fantasy. Unfortunately the world she creates is one filled with disturbing fragments from the world she is trying to flee.Girl To Be Named Later  VIEW MORE »

The Glow of Reflected Light is loosely based upon the Canadian communities founded by William King, Hiram Wilson, and Josiah Henson. It is an exploration of the historical context which ushered such communities into being, and the myriad paths which brought about their inevitable decline.  VIEW MORE »

Hoochie Mama magnifies and further distorts every stereotype ever concocted about Black life: dread locked Jamaicans, steppin’ fetchit characters, homeboys, buppies, pimps, hustlers, mammies, coons, and bucks. Set in the fictitious Glad-as-Night and the Pips E-stablish-ment, Hoochie Mama centers on a confused main character trying desperately to smother his “Blackness” as a result of such stereotypes. Displaying the hallmarks of a Nambi E. Kelley production Hoochie Mama utilizes rhythmic dialogue and extravagantly drawn characters to elevate it’s language into poetry.  VIEW MORE »

The Inside presents us with a piercing take on race, academia, art, and sexuality, all viewed through the prism of this highly original character. By turns amusingly ironic and heartbreakingly vulnerable, Emma serves up her interior life with astonishing honesty. “It was your typical, painfully liberal, pre-professional anti-establishment artistic event”.  VIEW MORE »