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Donnetta Lavinia Grays

DONNETTA LAVINIA GRAYS

  (1977 - )
Nationality:    Panamanian
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Literary Agent:    Bret Adams Ltd  

Donnetta Lavinia Grays is an actor, writer and director living in Brooklyn, NY.

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

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below is a list of Donnetta Lavinia Grays's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Absence Of Faith         B Factor, The         Cowboy Is Dying, The         How To Eat Your Opposition         Laid To Rest         Last Night and the Night Before         More Things Change, The         New Normal, The         On A Break At L L Bean         Review, The         Sam         Take         to be. . .         Warriors Don't Cry
Absence Of Faith

Synopsis:
The future. Global warming has reduced America to just Manhattan. Seasons only last days. Religion has been prohibited

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Drama

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B Factor, The

Synopsis:
Anthony and Duane are flatmates. Duane is a shy artistic type, Anthony an aggressive ladies man. Duane turns into a woman. Anthony is shocked to find that Duane is pregnant and he is the father

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Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  doubling & playing all roles

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Cowboy Is Dying, The

Synopsis:
A lesbian wonders whether she should have been a preacher or an actor. She struggles with her lesbianism and spirituality

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Genre:
Lesbian full length

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How To Eat Your Opposition

Synopsis:
New York City 2001. Dana an art critic and her partner sports loving Keri. Naomi who after years of struggle as an artist is finally having success. Dana questions her artistic integrity

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Genre:
Lesbian full length

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Laid To Rest

Synopsis:
Grace's son is shot dead. Soon it is all over social network

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Last Night and the Night Before

Synopsis:
Monique turns up unexpectedly on her sister Rachel's doorstep. She has her ten year old daughter with her Rachel is not best pleased she is with her partner Nadima and had left the South for life in New York. Soul searching and murder ensue

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Renaming of the play "Sam"

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Genre:
Lesbian full length

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Male:  1            Female:  4            Other:  -

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More Things Change, The

Synopsis:
The little sister and the big sister share dreams from childhood to old age

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Genre:
Ten minute play

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New Normal, The

Synopsis:
the New Normal is about a 30-something funny and frank Southern warrior, anna, living and thriving in Seattle with her rocker husband and 3-year-old kid. as a mom, a wife, and a survivor she's handled more than her fair share of Drama, but nothing could have prepared her for this. the New Normal: Sometimes survivors need a survival guide.
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1st Produced:
Wings Theater, 154 Christopher Street, Basement, New York, NY 10014     16 Oct 2010

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Coyote ReP Theatre Company

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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On A Break At L L Bean

Synopsis:
Originally from Somalia, eighteen year old Ali tells an older co-worker that he wants to enlist in the armed forces. With the current situation with Donald Trump the co-worker does not think this a good idea

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Genre:
Gay one act

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Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Review, The

Synopsis:
Dana is an art critic her partner Keri is a sports lover. Dana gets into a dispute with artists Naomi when she questions her integrity

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Sam

Synopsis:
Ten year old Sam leaves Georgia for New York with her drug addict mother. She hardly knows her mother. Once in New York her mother disappears and she goes to live with her aunt

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Take

Synopsis:
In a dark coatal town two women are on the edge

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Genre:
Lesbian full length

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to be. . .

Synopsis:
Mario is out of work and desperate. He finds new meaning to life whilst holding up a convience store

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Warriors Don't Cry

Synopsis:
Ya Girl is about to give up her fight for social justice. She has a million followers on Instagram. Melba Pattillio Beals enters her mobile phone. Melba was one of the people involved in the Little Rock struggle for integration at the Central High School in 1957

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