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Charles Randolph-Wright

CHARLES RANDOLPH-WRIGHT

  
Nationality:    African American
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CHARLES RANDOLPH-WRIGHT (Playwright) is a resident playwright at Arena Stage where his plays Blue and Cuttin' Up premiered prior to productions all over the U.S. Charles directed Sophisticated Ladies, Guys and Dolls (both starring Maurice Hines), Oak and Ivy, anthems, Senor Discretion Himself and Ruined at Arena Stage. Charles most recently directed the smash hit Motown The Musical on Broadway. Other directing credits include Porgy and Bess (75th anniversary international tour), Through the Night (with Daniel Beaty in NYC and LA), They're Playing Our Song (in Portuguese in Brazil), Love/Life (starring Brian Stokes Mitchell, Lincoln Center), The Diva is Dismissed (starring Jenifer Lewis, NYSF Public Theatre) and Blood Knot (featuring music by Tracy Chapman, ACT). Other playwriting credits include The Night is a Child (starring JoBeth Williams, Pasadena Playhouse), Homework (with Kim Coles, Crossroads) and Just Between Friends (Bea Arthur on Broadway). Charles directed the award-winning film Preaching to the Choir. His TV directing credits include Lincoln Heights, South of Nowhere and the European Freestyle campaign for Nike. Charles has written screenplays for HBO, Showtime, Disney and Fox, and produced and wrote the series Linc's. Charles is an honors graduate of Duke University where he was an A.B. Duke Scholar.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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         Love in Afghanistan         Our War
Love in Afghanistan

Synopsis:
The tale of two fantastically different people discovering love in the most unlikely of places: war-torn Afghanistan. One, an emerging hip-hop artist, the other, a high-level Afghan interpreter, both fight to navigate the pitfalls of romance, religious differences and political unrest.

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1st Produced:
Arena Stage At The Mead Center For American Theater, 1101 Sixth Street, Sw, Washington, Dc     11 Oct 2013

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Genre:
drama

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Our War

Synopsis:
While the plays that took the perspective of participants were some of the most crisp, the last kind of play in the evening, plays that look at today with the eyes of the present (but through the lens or with the lighting of the Civil War), hit the hardest. Most of them use the Civil War as a way to talk about race in America, from Ken Narasaki's thoughts on racism that isn't divided into Black and White to Lydia Diamond's chastisement of White liberal guilt. - http://dctheatrescene.com/2014/10/28/war-arena-stage-resounding-success/

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An esteemed collection of American playwrights, including winners of the Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award and Olivier Award, creates a dynamic new theatrical event reflecting on the repercussions of the U.S. Civil War. Through a rich tapestry of short monologues, a core ensemble of gifted actors, accompanied by notable Washingtonians such as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Eleanor Holmes Norton and Chris Matthews, explorethrough diverse perspectivesthe historical memory and present-day reverberations of the U.S. Civil War. Our War, commissioned by Arena Stage for the National Civil War Project, uses the power of live theater to bring new understanding to the shades of Blue and Gray that define one of the most significant periods of American history.

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Genre:
monologue

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