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Barbara Molette

BARBARA MOLETTE

  
Nationality:    African American
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BA., Florida A. & M. University; M.F.A., Florida State University. Writer, consultant and lecturer - costume and makeup design, playwriting, and Afro-American Theatre aesthetics. Co. authored filmstrip with Carlton Molette, Stage Makeup for Black Actors, distributed by Para-mount theatrical Supplies, Alcone Co., NY. Recipient: Graduate Fellowship - Florida State University, 1968-69. Included in the current edi-tion of Who's Who of American Women.
Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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below is a list of Barbara Molette's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Booji         Dr B S Black         Fond Farewell, A         Last Supper         Legacy         Move the Car         Noah's Ark         Out of Time         Presidential Timber         Rosalee Pritchett

Booji

Synopsis:
the play chronicles a black attorney's attempts to make "the system" work for black peo-ple, and the difficulties he encounters from blacks and whites alike. During the course of the play, we discover Walter's many-facete'd relationships with, among others, his wife, his law partner, a former army buddy turned radical, an evanescent socialite, and a traitor.

Notes:
written by Barbara And Carlton Molette

1st Produced:
Spelman College, Federal City College, Texas    

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Dr B S Black

Synopsis:
Musical based very loosely on Moliere's Dr. in Spite of Himself. Black con artist is recipient of wife's revenge. He is beaten by two rural gentlemen into confessing he is a doctor of black medicine and sets out to cure Magnolia, the daughter of Chauncy White, Ill. Sidetracked at the White estate by Tilly Mae and the "sweet utensils of her trade," B. S. eventually solves the dilEmma by uniting Leroy and Magnolia and sets his sights on politics.

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written by Barbara And Carlton Molette

1st Produced:
Spelman College, Federal City College, Texas    

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  optional chorus

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Fond Farewell, A

Synopsis:
A battle at a funeral between the ex-wife and the new younger trophy wife - but the late husband takes a secret to the grave

Notes:
Written by Barbara and Carlton Molette

1st Produced:
New Voices Play Festival @ Greenbrier Valley Theater, Lewisberg, Wv     2014

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Genre:
Short play

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Last Supper

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written by Barbara Molette & Carlton Molette. Part of Fade to Black 10 minute play series

1st Produced:
Obsidian Art Space 3522 White Oak, Houston, Tx     13 Jun 2013

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Genre:
10 min play

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Legacy

Synopsis:
Amanda Overton has never met her only niece, Justine, who was born and raised in Paris. Justine, a college freshman, visits Amanda for Christmas. Amanda, the arbiter of local society, considers Justine her legacy and vows to transform Justine into a "refined Southern lady." But Justine's arrival forces reassessments of what legacy means.

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1st Produced:
Academy Theatre, 119 Center St., Avondale Estates, Ga     10 Apr 2012

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Move the Car

Synopsis:
A husband and wife explain to the proprietor of an auto shop why they want to refurbish a twenty-five year-old car and move it into the bedroom.

Notes:
part of the festival "Car Crazy." written by barbara And Carlton Molette

1st Produced:
Warehouse Theatre, Charlotte, N.C     31 May 2012

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Genre:
ten min play

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Noah's Ark

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written by Barbara And Carlton Molette

1st Produced:
Spelman College, Federal City College, Texas    

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  Noah, college professor; wife, Gladys; son, Daniel, live in the year before 1984. War rages in Africa and Daniel, a college student, is slated for induction in the army. Noah, an ardent pacifist, conducts his own private, non-violent war with the powers t

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Out of Time

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written by Barbara And Carlton Molette. Part of 8 Minute Madness. Eighteen new provocative And engaging plays will be presented in groups A And B of 9 plays each. the plays, directed by innovative directors, Are produced by A select team of New York's finest designers. Attending industry members will vote for who will win the coveted Award of 8 Minute Madness Playwright of 2011. the participating Audience will Also vote on the best performance by An Actor And best over-all show. the plays Are: . . .Last And Always by Allan Baker, First Half by Ron Burch, the Intervention by Ron Burch, Last Words by Jeff Carter, the Family That Plays Together by Gigi Eng, Magnolia Day by SD Graubert, Bottom of the Ninth by Rand Higbee, the Wedding Ring by Tony Howarth, Duet in Platinum by Allston James, A Change of Plans by Dennis Jones, Mammaries by Joanne Koch, Bona Fide by Nina Mansfield, It's the Jews by John Minigan, Out of Time by Barbara And Carlton Molette, Dead Body by Barry M. Putt, Jr., Short Division by Fred Sahner, Zero Point by Jeff Schwamberger, And Slipping into Anarchy by Jeffrey Wolf.

1st Produced:
Turtle Shell Theater, 300 West 43rd Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10036     21 Jan 2011

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Genre:
8 Min

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Presidential Timber

Synopsis:
University President Dickman exposes 10 years of accumulated hidden debt. But instead of being applauded, students and faculty demand his removal. Later a "plan" is unveiled to get rid of the university's financial woes, and calm the protesting voices of students and faculty. Drama. Recommended for age 13 and up. Mon. at 1 p.m.

Notes:
By Barbara and Carlton Molette. The Kennedy Center hosts its 11th annual Page-to-Stage festival, featuring more than 40 D.C.-area theater companies. This three-day event offers free readings and open rehearsals of plays and musicals being developed by local, regional, and national playwrights, librettists, and composers.

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Rosalee Pritchett

Synopsis:
A group of well-to-do black women are playing bridge, while discussing their coveted accomplishments in the world of white society, and expressing their contempt for the unruly ghetto blacks who make life so difficult for them. A civil disturbance is expected, and the ladies are relieved that the National Guard has been called in-until one of their number, innocently breaking the curfew, is abused and raped by the Guardsmen. their nervous rationalization of the tragedy is a telling comment on the ladies, but even more terrible is the realization of what it implies about their achievements and social pretensions in a milieu where the ugliness of racial violence and bigotry can erupt, and exert its evil force, at any level.

Notes:
written by Barbara And Carlton Molette

1st Produced:
St Mark's Playhouse, NY     12 Jan 1971

Organisations:
Negro Ensemble Company

1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    -

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Genre:
Play One Act

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Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  -

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