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Aishah Rahman

AISHAH RAHMAN

  
Nationality:    African American
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Aishah Rahman's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Anybody Seen Marie Leveau?         Chiaroscuro         In Men's Eyes         Jukebox, The         Knitte Shop, The         Lady and the Tramp, The         Lady Day:A Musical Tragedy         Linus Song         Mama, The: A Folk's Tale         Mojo And the Sayso, The         Mother to Son         Only In America         Portrait of a Blues Lady         Tale of Madame Zora         Transcendental Blues         Unfinished Women Cry In No Man's Land While A Bird Dies In A Gilded Cage         Voodoo America

Anybody Seen Marie Leveau?

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Chiaroscuro

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In Men's Eyes

Synopsis:
A black assistant principal of a high school commits suicide during a crisis over the integration of his school

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-    1976

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90 min Teleplay/ Drama Play/Drama

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Jukebox, The

Synopsis:
Deals with the integration problem in American high schools

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-    1974

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Drama One Act

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  6 BM, 2 BF, 5 WM, 4 WF

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Knitte Shop, The

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-    1968

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One Act

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Lady and the Tramp, The

Synopsis:
Shows the alienation between men and women in modern society

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Companion piece to Transcendental Blues, by the same playwright

1st Produced:
-    1976

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Drama One Act

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Lady Day:A Musical Tragedy

Synopsis:
the tragedy of Billie Holiday

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Music by Archie Shepp; lyrics by Aishah Rahman

1st Produced:
Chelsea Theatre Center, New York    1972

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Genre:
Historical

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  30 M, 8 F (doubling)

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Linus Song

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1st Produced:
Howard University, Washington, D.C    1968

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One Act

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Mama, The: A Folk's Tale

Synopsis:
This play, inspired by the story of George Jackson, explores the relationship between a political prisoner and his mother.

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Part of trilogy the Mama

1st Produced:
-    1974

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Genre:
Ritual/Drama One Act

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  4 BM, 2 BF, 4 WM, extras

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Mojo And the Sayso, The

Synopsis:
Study of the ways that people cope with the aftermath of tragedy.

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1st Produced:
New Brunswick, New jersey    -

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1st Published:
in "Plays by Aishah Rahman", Broadway Play Publishing, New York,    -

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Mother to Son

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Part of trilogy the Mama

1st Produced:
Reading, Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop, Harlem Cultural Council, New York    1976

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One Act

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Only In America

Synopsis:
Creates a language for America's "invisible women".

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in "Plays by Aishah Rahman", Broadway Play Publishing, New York,    -

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Genre:
Satire

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Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Portrait of a Blues Lady

Synopsis:
A middle-aged black woman reviews her life and finds the strength to go on

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Part of trilogy the Mama

1st Produced:
-    1974

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Genre:
Memory Play One Act

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  6 BM, 2 BF, 3 BC

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Tale of Madame Zora

Synopsis:
The story of Zora Neale Hurston

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Music by Olu Dara; lyrics and book by Aishah Rahman

1st Produced:
Ensemble Studio Theater, New York    Mar 1986

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1st Published:
Alexander Street Press 2003   -

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Genre:
Musical

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Transcendental Blues

Synopsis:
A middle-aged woman reviews her life after she is abandoned by her young lover

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Companion piece to the Lady And the Tramp by the same playwright. Audelco Awards Nomination, 1976

1st Produced:
Frederick Douglass Creative Center, New York    1976

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Drama One Act

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Unfinished Women Cry In No Man's Land While A Bird Dies In A Gilded Cage

Synopsis:
Deals with the events in a home for unwed mothers on the last day of jazz musician Charlie Parker's life, March 12, 1 955. Reaches beyond statistics and sociological theories to find the unarticulated, half understood longings of teen-age mothers.

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1st Produced:
New York Shakespeare Festival Mobile Theatre, New York    1977

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in "Plays by Aishah Rahman", Broadway Play Publishing, New York,    -

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Play/Drama

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Voodoo America

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1st Produced:
Howard University, Washington, D.C    1968

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