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Ade Ademola

ADE ADEMOLA  

 Nationality:    USA
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Playwright Ade Ademola was born in Nigeria, spent several years in england and is now a resident of Brooklyn. He attended the Yale School of Drama and has a Master of Fine Arts in screenwriting from the American Film Institute. He has three law degrees including one from Harvard Law School and has taught and practiced law in both the private and public sectors. He has written many plays and had his first poem published when he was thirteen.

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 Happy Idea, The         How The Cookie Crumbles         Oluronbi

Happy Idea, The

Synopsis:
Four disparate souls share a house in London in 1980. Is the new tenant a rent boy from the past? Or a man who finds love with another tenant? Or both? a drawing room comedy with a shocking ending.

Notes:
Full-length play in two Acts. London, circa 1980. unit set

1st Produced:
45th Street Theatre, NY    2006

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Genre:
black comedy Play with Music

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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How The Cookie Crumbles

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Oluronbi

Synopsis:
Queen Oluronbi desperately wants a child and makes a bargain with a god: if he will grant her a child, she will sacrifice that child back to the god. When she has it, she goes back on her bargain, bringing pestilence and war to the King's lands.

Notes:
a West African legend written in Greek tragic style

1st Produced:
The Raw Space Theatre, NYC    1999

Organisations:
Africa Arts Theater Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
poetic Drama 40 min One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  Chorus of Ife Women

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