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P J Gibson

P J GIBSON

  
Nationality:    African American
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(Patricia Joann Gibson, or Pat Gibson), Playwright and teacher

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

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         Ain't Love Grand?         Androgyny, The         Angel         Annie May's Child         Black Woman, The         Blood On the Seats         Brown Silk And Magenta Sunsets         But I Feed the Pigeons/Well, I Watch the Sun         Can You Tell Me Who they Is?         Clean Sheets Can't Soil         Dinner At Aunt Lucy's         Doing It To Death         Edge Of Night, The         In Search Of Me         Jesse         Konvergence         Long Time Since Yesterday         Looking For Hezekiah         Man, Masculine And Glass Fist, A         Marie         Masks, Circles: Healing the Pain         Miss Ann Don't Cry No More         My Mark, My Name         Ninth Story Window, The         Private Hells, Sketches In Reality         Shameful In Your Eyes         Spida Bug         Taking Circle, The         Unveiling Of Abigail, The         Void Passage         You Must Die Before My Eyes As I Have Before Yours         Zappers, The And the Shopping Bag Lady

Ain't Love Grand?

Synopsis:
a play of humor, reality, and the triangles of love, set in "any Place USA." the four couples involved range in age from the teens to the late forties

Notes:
Prod. by the Black Spectrum theatre, St. Albans, Queens, NY, Feb. 1984

1st Produced:
U.S. Tour    1980

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Genre:
poetic Drama with music, 2 acts

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Male:  4            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Androgyny, The

Synopsis:
Set in a deserted coliseum area of a park, this play concerns the androgynous nature of people and the purging of "life lies."

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1st Produced:
Cardboard Clowns Theatre, Frankfurt, Germany    1979

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1st Published:
Unpub. script in the FSWW archives/Schomburg Collection.,    -

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Genre:
surrealistic/symbolic Drama, 2 acts

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Angel

Synopsis:
In the setting of a small town, four women find themselves living the remainder of their lives without men. One resorts to booze, one to religion, one to bed partners, one to a man created by her mind-"angel," a suspected incubus. She must choose between a living man who pursues her and "angel."

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1st Produced:
Staged Reading At The Family Theatre, New York    1981

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realistic/stylized Drama, 2 acts

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Annie May's Child

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Black Woman, The

Synopsis:
Traces the black woman-her life, survival, and pain-chronologically through American history

Notes:
First prod. in A one-act version, At Keuka Coil., Nov. 1971. Prod. in A three-act version At SUNY/Cortland, NY, March 1972.

1st Produced:
Keuka Coll., Keuka Park, NY    1971

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Genre:
poetic prose Drama of monologues, 1-3 acts, length variable

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Male:  -            Female:  20            Other:  -

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Blood On the Seats

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Brown Silk And Magenta Sunsets

Synopsis:
In the setting of the luxurious apartment of Lena Larden Salvinoni, a wealthy recluse, three life-size paintings, representative of persons in her life, come alive and confront her with the effects of her passionate and obsessive love. the subjects of the paintings, portrayed by actors, remain frozen in time until brought to life in the mind and world of Lena Salvinoni.

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1st Produced:
Staged Reading Of One Act At The Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center, New York    1981

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1st Published:
in Nine Plays by Black Women, Wilkerson, 1986   -

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stylized Drama, 2 acts

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But I Feed the Pigeons/Well, I Watch the Sun

Synopsis:
an obese submarine-eating woman and a homosexual male who watches from the rooftop are confronted by the religious aspects of their lifestyles. the two fight the conflict of philosophy, religion, and reality as presented to them by a born-again Christian

Notes:
part of Private Hells, Sketches In Reality

1st Produced:
Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center, New York    1981

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Genre:
satire One act. - - Gay, theme/character full length

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Can You Tell Me Who they Is?

Synopsis:
addresses the individual stories of the characters and the question "are they really insane?"

Notes:
part of Private Hells, Sketches In Reality

1st Produced:
Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center, New York    1981

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Genre:
satire One act

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Clean Sheets Can't Soil

Synopsis:
a woman fleeing from her emotions is brought back to the source of her fears only to find that she is not the only member of the family who is running. Described by the producers as "the tale of a professional singer, returning to Providence [RI] and her family and musical roots. [It] is a moving portrait of black families, churches and, most of all, the soul of gospel music." - Program Notes

Notes:
dir. by Akin Babatunde

1st Produced:
Rites And Reason, Providence, Ri    1983

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Genre:
Drama with music, 2 acts

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Dinner At Aunt Lucy's

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Doing It To Death

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1st Produced:
Public Reading By Fsww    1977

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1st Published:
Unpub. script in the FSWW archives/Schomburg Collection,    -

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Play/Drama

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Edge Of Night, The

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1st Produced:
Televised    1981

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Genre:
TV script, 1 episode

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In Search Of Me

Synopsis:
In a courtroom setting, four teenage girls and two teenage boys defend their actions, conditions, needs, and addictions.

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Genre:
Drama of adolescenc One act

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Jesse

Jesse
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Genre:
Ten Min

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Konvergence

Synopsis:
In the setting of a mountain lodge, a couple seeks reconciliation after a year's separation

Notes:
a companion piece to Void Passage, with which it was prod. on A double bill by Players Co., Trenton, NJ, March 1973; Rites And Reason, Providence, April 1977 (as part of its "Image And Reality" project); And Kuumba Workshop, Chicago, 1978. Also prod. Alone At the Oakland ensemble theatre, Dec. 1982.

1st Produced:
Players Co., Trenton, Nj    1973

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Genre:
Drama One act

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Long Time Since Yesterday

Synopsis:
a group of ex-college women is reunited after the suicide of one of their friends. Through an examination of their experiences, their strengths and weaknesses, and the discovery of lesbianism among the group, their lives are changed forever

Notes:
Twice prod. by the New Federal theatre, Feb. 1-24, And Oct. 1985; dir. by Bette Howard. these prodns. won five AUDeLCO Awards, including Best Dramatic Production And Playwright of the Year, 1985

1st Produced:
New Federal Theatre, NY, Usa    1985

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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1985   -

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Genre:
Drama, 2 acts. - - Lesbian, full length

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Male:  -            Female:  8            Other:  -

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Looking For Hezekiah

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Man, Masculine And Glass Fist, A

Synopsis:
Concerns a married couple stuck in the routine of their relationship. the wife, in anger and frustration, demands that her husband "be a man." This results in her finding the true meaning of the man her husband is

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Genre:
realistic Drama One act

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Marie

Synopsis:
a conjure woman's preparation to do battle with the "man thief" is interrupted by the presence of an interviewer seeking information about the "woman in her."

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Genre:
realistic Drama with song One act

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Masks, Circles: Healing the Pain

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Miss Ann Don't Cry No More

Synopsis:
a house in a northern urban city is divided into four separate apartments. the Drama reflects the lives, conflicts, desires, passions, and "deferred dreams" of those who live in the house

Notes:
earned for the playwright An Nea Grant. Reading, Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop, City College of New York, Mar. 1977.

1st Produced:
Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center, New York    1980

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Genre:
Drama, 2 acts

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My Mark, My Name

Synopsis:
Based on the historical data of the First Black Regiment of Rhode Island. Drama addresses the world facing the "freed" black men and women after the American Revolution. It is a time when "freedom" does not mean security, and a slave in the midst of freed men must choose which life he will lead

Notes:
First prod. by Soul People's Repertory, Indianapolis, Feb. 1981. For this prod., the Author was presented the key to the city of Indianapolis. Prod. At the International Black Arts Festival, Richard Allen Center for Culture And Art, New York, Aug. 1982

1st Produced:
Soul People's Repertory, Indianapolis    1981

Organisations:
apparently commissioned by Rites and Reason, Providence, RI

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Genre:
research-to-performance play, 2 acts

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Ninth Story Window, The

Synopsis:
a young woman, plagued by accusations of causing the tragic death of her baby sister, finally learns (after many years) the truth of the circumstances which led to the tragedy

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1st Produced:
Brandeis Univ., Waltham, Ma    1974

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Drama One act

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Private Hells, Sketches In Reality

Synopsis:
Includes You Must Die Before My eyes as I Have Before Yours (1981), "But I Feed the Pigeons"/"Well, I Watch the Sun" (1981), and Can You Tell Me Who they Is? (1981).

Notes:
aUTHOR's NOTe: "these three plays Are Accompanied by satirical, Dramatic commercials. the One Acts may be produced separately from the trilogy."

1st Produced:
Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center, New York    1981

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Genre:
Trilogu of three 1 act plays

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Shameful In Your Eyes

Synopsis:
a young woman is forced to live with a fanatical religious aunt in a small southern New Jersey town. Her development into womanhood and love is suppressed by the aunt's cruelty

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1st Produced:
Keuka Coll., Keuka Park, NY    1971

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Genre:
Drama, 3 acts

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Spida Bug

Synopsis:
In the setting of an isolated construction site, some children learn the meaning of "trust."

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also presented in schools of the Boston School System, May 1975

1st Produced:
Brandeis Univ., Waltham, Ma    1975

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Genre:
Children's play One act

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Taking Circle, The

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Unveiling Of Abigail, The

Synopsis:
an excollege professor chooses to spend her last days on her parents' vast estate in Virginia. It is her birthday. Her gifts are the revelation of lies, deception, and cheated years with the man she loved

Notes:
aka Unveilings

1st Produced:
Torino, Italy, Black Arts Festival    1981

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Genre:
Drama, 2 acts

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Void Passage

Synopsis:
the setting is a vast pyramidal structure considered the "void passage." addresses the conflict of two women who have had to live with the title "strong Black woman." the two women at first distrust one another and later find solace in each other

Notes:
a companion piece to the Author's Konvergence, with which it was prod. on double bill by Players Co., Trenton, NJ, March 1973; Rites And Reason, Providence, RI, April 1977 (as part of its "Image And Reality" project); And Kuumba Workshop, Chicago, 1978.

1st Produced:
Players Co., Trenton, Nj    1973

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Genre:
realistic/surrealistic Drama One act

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You Must Die Before My Eyes As I Have Before Yours

Synopsis:
a wife who has given up her identity for her spouse rebels, taking both their lives.

Notes:
part of Private Hells, Sketches In Reality

1st Produced:
Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center, New York    1981

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Genre:
satire One act

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Zappers, The And the Shopping Bag Lady

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1st Produced:
Summer Tour, New York    1979

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One act

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