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PHILANA OMOROTIONMWAN
Nationality: USA
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Philana Omorotionmwan's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates
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Research: Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)
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Before Evening Comes Settlement, TheBefore Evening Comes
Synopsis:
With his 13th birthday around the corner, Totome is excited to meet "the butcher" and finally become a man. His mother, however, hopes to keep him whole for just a little while longer. Before Evening Comes is a poetic exploration of what becomes of black boys and men in a dystopian future rooted in the belief that the black male body is a threat to public safety.
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[reading] La MaMa La Galleria. New York, NY
27 Feb 2017
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New homeowners find their domestic bliss disrupted by the late-night arrival of a stranger who insists that the couple's home is rightfully hers.
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the Ensemble Studio theatre And Going to the River have lined up some of the most gifted women playwrights of color - some new, some established - for A three-week presentation of nine short, under 10-minute plays in return of the series the River Crosses Rivers. the River Crosses Rivers II mixes established playwrights like Pearl Cleage And Regina Taylor with emerging playwrights France-Luce Benson, Christine Jean Chambers, Naveen Bahar Choudhury, Philana Omorotionmwan, Desi Moreno-Penson, Bridgette Wimberly And Cori Thomas.
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