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VALERIE HARRIS (1952 - )
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Born in Philadelphia, Pa on October 7, 1952. BA., Cheyney State College, Pa; M.A., Perform-ing arts/Theater, American U., Washington, D.C. Has published essays in many publications in-cluding Glamour, artworker's News, Black art and Fireweed: Women and Performance. Guest editor/interviewer for Heresies 8: Third World Women in the U.S. also works in independent film as a story consultant and script writer, works to be produced by Camera News, Inc. Mem-ber the Dramatists Guild and New Dramatists. Recipient: Outstanding achievement in Play-writing award, 1978, Case Western Reserve U.
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Ice Game
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Six costumed performers hired to entertain at a masquerade ball are forced to "take five" on a frozen lake when the "premier performer-the Pierrot-refuses to go on. The others first engage in various manipulations to keep him from leaving the troupe, but finally in resigna-tion they entice him into a deadly game that ultimately releases him from his "life-time contract"
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Nights Alone
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an old, white humpbacked woman shares her bungalow with a young black derelict. They spend their nights alone together re-enacting scenes from her past in an attempt to understand her present reality
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Redesther Play, The
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