PLAY TITLE:

HE SHE AND MY WHITE MAMA

BLURB:

He is Caucasian.  She is African-American.  She becomes pregnant and White Mama, He’s mother, calls the clan.  This play is an examination on how hate kills.

NUMBER OF ACTORS:

3M/4F

LENGTH:

Full length

GENRE:

Dark Comedy

DEVELOPMENT/PRODUCTION HISTORY:

Developed at Chicago Dramatists, directed by Steve Scott

Prop Thtr, New Plays Festival 2000, directed by Steve Scott

SPECIAL AUDIENCE APPEAL:

African-American, race-relations, political groups.

SYNOPSIS:

He is Caucasian.  She is African-American.  They fall in love.  But times become hard when She discovers she is pregnant.  He decides to go to his mother, White Mama to ask for help, but instead White Mama calls the Ku Klux Klan.  Meanwhile, He’s best friend, Mandingo, and She’s best friend Catalina, are both having identity crisis’ of their own.  Mandingo is a black man trapped in a gay white man’s body, and Catalina is dark-skinned black woman who attempts to pass for white.  After much deliberation, She attempts to abort the pregnancy but is thwarted when she goes into labor prematurely.  What will White Mama do when she is faced with the reality that her grandchild may die? HE SHE AND MY WHITE MAMA traces the story of these characters and their search for their own identities and ultimate truths in a world where hate destroys even the most delicate of lives.

SPECIAL AWARDS:

New Plays Festival, Prop Thtr, Chicago, 2000

Ensemble Theatre, New Plays Festival, Arizona, 2000