Dobama Theatre is dedicated to premiering important new plays by established and emerging playwrights in professional productions of the highest quality. Through theatrical production, community engagement, and education programming, Dobama nurtures the development of theatre artists and builds new audiences for the arts while provoking an examination of our contemporary world.
It's the most stupidest f****** movie I ever seen my name is Eric and I will never buy this goddamn go ahead and make I will sue all the industries that made this move trust me
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.
This is honestly a good play. It doesn't follow the usual way a sort of theatrical play would go and gives us a unique insite into the charecters lives.
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.
For a play that explores the mysteries of the human spirit, hire Dorothy Silver. Experience, , empathy, emotional truth, a lifetime of theatrical precision and wisdom. It is bound to be beautiful. Thanks, Dobama!
OK But Listen...This show is the TRUTH about addiction. I saw this show on opening night. This is such an incredible story. It is expertly written and skillfully performed. It highlights the psychological turmoil of addiction and pairs it against the pain that others feel in connection to the protagonist. You owe it to yourself to see this show.
