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Marita Phelps

MARITA PHELPS  (1990 - )

 Nationality:    African American
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Marita Phelps began writing at age thirteen when her first one-act drama, Don't Ever Call Me Black was staged in Seattle's FringeACT Festival of New Original Work in 2004. She went on to attend Howard University for playwriting where she earned a BFA. Her one-act, Smoke & Mirrors was featured in the DC Black Theatre Festival in 2010 and in the Howard Player's 24-Hour Playwriting Festival. She was a visiting student of Columbia University in her junior year where she began developing her first full-length play, Baggage of Beauty, later read at Howard University and again in the DC Black Theatre Festival in 2012. She now resides in Seattle where she continues to write.

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

         Baggage of Beauty         Decolonized         Don't Ever Call Me Black         Ridgeway, The         Smoke & Mirrors

Baggage of Beauty

Synopsis:
Baggage of Beauty follows the story of Crimson, a teenage girl battling body image issues that crop up as she gets her prom dress ready for the big night. Her family friend and seamstress, Ms. Wise, struggles to keep her boutique open in newly gentrified South Seattle.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
DC Black Theatre Festival, New Works Reading Series, Washington, DC    Jun 2012

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Full-length drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Decolonized

Synopsis:
Decolonized is an experimental 10 minute play inspired by Auguto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed. The character Thespis desires greatly to break the "fourth wall" while conservative Protagonist, is willing to fight to death, to keep the fourth wall intact.

Notes:
*Roles are not gender specific.

1st Produced:
Environmental Theatre Space, Washington, DC    Apr 2011

Organisations:
Howard University Department of Theatre Arts

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Music:
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Genre:
10 minute

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  2*

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Don't Ever Call Me Black

Synopsis:
Candace, a young African-American girl, struggles to find self-worth living in a predominately Caucasian city as well as being raped. Her inner conflict manifests as a desire to be white. Don't Ever Call me Black is a play about internalized oppression. This play speaks to the complexities of systematic oppression and sheds light on the inner world of what it means to be dually marginalized in US society as both a girl and African-American.

Notes:
Third Annual FringeAct Festival of New Original Work, Seattle

1st Produced:
A Contemporary Theatre, Seattle    Apr 2004

Organisations:
A Contemporary Theatre

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
One-Act Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Ridgeway, The

Synopsis:
A comedy about a young, newlywed couple from Los Angeles who crosses paths with the emphasis "Green River Killer" during a camping trip in Washington. A series of unfortunate events lead the couple to their fate.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
24 Hour Playwrighting Challenge, Washington, DC    Apr 2010

Organisations:
Howard Players

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
10 minute comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Smoke & Mirrors

Synopsis:
Smoke & Mirrors is a sequel play to Don't Ever Call Me Black that further explores the psychology of Candace, an African American girl who wishes she were white. Teenage Candace struggles to overcome the social consequences of "Acting White" among her African- American peers at school.

Notes:
*Role of the PRINCIPAL is not gender specific.

1st Produced:
One-Act Play Festival, Washington, DC    Nov 2010

Organisations:
Howard Players

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
One-Act Drama

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  1*

Further Reference:
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