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Eugene Perkins

EUGENE PERKINS  (1932 - )

 Nationality:    USA
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Social worker, teacher, poet, playwright, theatrical and literary critic. Born in Chicago, IL

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

 Assassination of a Dream         Black Fairy         Black Is So Beautiful         Brothers         Cinque         Cry of the Black Ghetto         Fred Hampton         Ghetto Fairy         God Is Black, but He's Dead         Image Makers, The         It Can Never Be in Vain         Legacy of Leadbelly, The         Maternity Ward         Nothing but a Nigger         Our Street         Professor J B         Quinn Chapel         Thunder Is Not Yet Rain         Turn a Black Cheek

Assassination of a Dream

Synopsis:
An opportunistic black politician finds himself confronted by black justice

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1st Produced:
Chicago    1967

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Genre:
Morality Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  5 BM, 1 WM

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Black Fairy

Synopsis:
A black fairy, who lacks understanding about her culture, feels she has nothing to offer black children

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1st Produced:
-    1974

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1st Published:
Chicago: Third World, 1976   -

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Genre:
Mythic Children's Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  3 BM, 2 BF, 5 BB, 4 BG, 1 WM

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Black Is So Beautiful

Synopsis:
Stresses and shows the importance of having pride

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1st Produced:
Chicago    1970

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Genre:
Children's Play One Act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  3 BB, 3 BG, 1 BF, 1 WF

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Brothers

Synopsis:
The story of four brothers who are divided be-cause of their political ideologies

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1st Produced:
-    1974

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Genre:
Domestic Drama Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  7 BM, 3 BF

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Cinque

Synopsis:
Depicts the events that led to theAmistad mutiny and the implications they have for black survival

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1st Produced:
-    1975

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Genre:
Historical Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  8 BM, 4 BF, 6 WM

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Cry of the Black Ghetto

Synopsis:
Depicts the problems confronting a black policeman and his family

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1st Produced:
Chicago    1970

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Genre:
Domestic Drama One Act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  2 BM, 1 BF, 1 BB, 1 WM

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Fred Hampton

Synopsis:
Demonstrates the conspiracy behind the police raid that caused the death of Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party

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1st Produced:
-    1975

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Genre:
Historical Drama One Act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  3 BM, 4 WM

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Ghetto Fairy

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Genre:
Children's Play Youth Audience

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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God Is Black, but He's Dead

Synopsis:
A confrontation between black militants and the black Christian church

Notes:
The prodn. was videotaped by Chicago State Univ.

1st Produced:
Kusema [Repertoire Theatre], Chicago    1974

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Genre:
Morality Drama One Act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  6 BM, 2 BF

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Image Makers, The

Synopsis:
, this a lively anti-war romp in which schoolgirl Kate finds the ghost of a Japanese soldier hiding under her bed.

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1st Produced:
-    1973

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Genre:
Satire/Drama Satire

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  6 BM, 4 WM, 1 WF

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It Can Never Be in Vain

Synopsis:
A revolutionary leader becomes dis-illusioned with the struggle and takes refuge in the West Indies

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1st Produced:
-    1973

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Genre:
Drama One Act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  4 BM, 1 BF

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Legacy of Leadbelly, The

Synopsis:
Depicts the circumstances surrounding the death of the blues singer, Huddie Leadbelly

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1st Produced:
-    1966

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Genre:
Historical Drama One Act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  1 BM, 1 BF, 4 WM

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Maternity Ward

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Nothing but a Nigger

Synopsis:
A play about a pool halt scene that unites five "street brothers" around a common enemy

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1st Produced:
Chicago    1969

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Genre:
drama One Act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  5 BM, 1 WM.

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Our Street

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
KUUMBA, Chicago, III.    1974

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Professor J B

Synopsis:
A drama about a black middle class family torn between political aspiration and the Afrikan Liberation Movement

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1st Produced:
Experimental Black Actors Guild, Chicago, III    1973

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Genre:
Domestic Play Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  7 BM, 2 BF

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Quinn Chapel

Synopsis:
A play about the development of Quinn Chapel, A.M.E. Church, the first black institution in Chicago (1844)

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1st Produced:
-    1975

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Genre:
Historical Play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  10 BM, 4 BF

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Thunder Is Not Yet Rain

Synopsis:
A group of revolutionaries attempt to wage a battle against the white establishment

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1st Produced:
-    1968

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1st Published:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  9 BM, 1 BF, 2 WM, 1 WF.

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Turn a Black Cheek

Synopsis:
Based on the lives of the four black students who started the sit-in demonstrations in Greensborough, North Carolina

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1st Produced:
Chicago    1965

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1st Published:
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Music:
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To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Historical Protest Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  6 BM, 1 BF, 2 WM

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