ERIC C WALDEMAR, JR (1973 - )
| Nationality: | African-American/Native American |
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Plays by Eric C Waldemar, Jr
In Walks Mem'ry |
| 1st Produced: | Paul Robeson Theatre; Detroit, MI | 2003 | ||
| Company: | Plowshares Theatre Company | |||
| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Winner of the National Repertory Theatre Foundation's National Play Award. Winner of Columbia University John Golden Playwriting Award. | ||||
Synopsis: In Walks Mem'ry is the story of Zoey Reed, a young black woman, who returns home after serving a 15-year jail term to find that despite her oppressive father's death, Pop's legacy of physical and emotional abuse still looms over her family. Confrontations abound and secrets are revealed as Zoey attempts to stop history from repeating itself. | ||||
Make-Up Stories |
| 1st Produced: | Experimental Theatre; College Park, MD | 1994 | ||
| Company: | Department of Theatre at the University of Maryland | |||
| 1st Published: | Dramatic Publishing Company | 1996 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | Drama/Comedy | - | Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||
Notes: Winner of the American College Theatre Festival's Lorraine Hansberry Playwriting Award. Developed at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts under the supervision of Paul Selig. | ||||
Synopsis: This searing comic drama abut the complexities of racial identity and sexuality addresses the lies one black man will commit to achieve outer beauty. Stevie has covered every speck of abuse and neglect in his life with Max Factor, Revlon And L'oreal, yet underneath he is still subscribing to the white concept of beauty. For him, black is ugly, and white is beauty and truth. So he simply puts on the white frosting and dresses up to the nines as a woman, eventually smothering every aspect of himself, as the quality of his life slowly deteriorates. Eventually, with the help of a brash street-wise girl, Stevie begins the process of peeling off the protective layers of clothing, make-up, and lies to find the true person he never learned to love. | ||||
