In the beginning - In 1955 14-year old Emmett Till was murdered not far upriver from where I was a junior at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. No one would talk about what happened, a child brutally tortured and lynched and the failure of justice. “You’re a yankee – you just don’t understand how … Continue reading
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Other Plays
By Clare Coss Love and Defiance: Ten Scenes from the Twentieth Century Thirty-four characters navigate the currents of the twentieth century, from the Cold War of the fifties to the Diallo protests of the nineties, from the Cuban Missile Crisis to the Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas hearings. This lively cascade of private moments shaped by public events … Continue reading Other Plays
Love and Defiance
Dangerous Territory
By Clare CossRunning Time: One HourRequirements: A table and chairPresented at Colleges and Universities, Conferences and Conventions, Community Centers and Schools MARY WHITE OVINGTON (1868-1951) Mary White Ovington was not a dutiful daughter. She rebelled against the expectations of her family and became the first white woman in 20th century America to dedicate her life … Continue reading Dangerous Territory
Emmett, Down in My Heart
By Clare Coss Emmett, Down in My Heart tells the story of 14-year old African-American boy Emmett Till, who in August 1955 traveled from Chicago to visit cousins in Mississippi, a rigidly segregated police state. White supremacists ruled with fear and violence. Accused of wolf-whistling at a white woman storekeeper, Emmett Till was abducted, tortured, … Continue reading Emmett, Down in My Heart
Dans les rivieres du Delta
French translation of Emmett, Down in My Heart Staged Reading in Paris October 2011Translator: William PelletierProducer: Stephanie Campion, Moving Parts Theatre, Carr's Pub, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, ParisCast in order of appearance: Gigi Lebron, Mamie Till-MobleyMaxime Mathurin, Emmett TillGrace Coston, Roanne TaylorGabrielle Vigouroux, Carolyn BryantOlivier Abate, Roy BryantEtienne Alsamia, Uncle Mose WrightMata Gabin, Aunt … Continue reading Dans les rivieres du Delta
Lillian Wald: A Home on Henry Street
by Clare Coss Running Time: One HourRequirements: A table and chairPresented at Colleges and Universities, Conferences and Conventions, Community Centers and Schools Lillian D. Wald (1867-1940) Lillian D. Wald, pioneering public health nurse, social reformer and peace activist, created the Henry Street Settlement, Visiting Nurse Service, Neighborhood Playhouse, public playgrounds, school lunches and countless other … Continue reading Lillian Wald: A Home on Henry Street
