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Sonia Sanchez

SONIA SANCHEZ

  (1934 - )
Nationality:    African American
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Sonia Sanchez's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

         Black Cats And Uneasy Landings         Bronx Is Next, The         Dirty Hearts         I'm Black When I'm Singing, I'm Blue When I Ain't         Malcolm Man Don't Live Here No Mo         Sister Sonji         Uh, Uh; But How Do It Free Us

Black Cats And Uneasy Landings

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1st Produced:
-    1995

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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Bronx Is Next, The

Synopsis:
A group of revolutionaries de-cides to destroy slum ghettos

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1st Produced:
Theatre Black, University of the Streets, New York    1970

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1st Published:
Drama Re-view, vol. 12, no. 4, Summer, 1968   -

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Genre:
Morality MeloDrama One Act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  4 BM, 2 BF, 1 WM

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Dirty Hearts

Synopsis:
In this play, an incident at a card game with a white man trig-gers the move of a black man, a co-player in the game, to leave and follow up a dream he had about separation; in so doing, he is reborn

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1st Published:
Scripts, vol. 1, no. 1, Nov, 1971   -

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Genre:
Ritual One Act

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

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I'm Black When I'm Singing, I'm Blue When I Ain't

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1st Produced:
-    1982

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Malcolm Man Don't Live Here No Mo

Synopsis:
Malcolm X's life and ideals; to be performed by children

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1st Produced:
-    1970

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1st Published:
Black theatre, ed. by Ed Bullins, no. 6, 1972   -

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Genre:
Ritual One Act

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

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Sister Sonji

Synopsis:
the transition of a black woman from yes-terday to the future and her involvement with her people.

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1st Produced:
Concept East Theatre, Detroit, Mich    1970

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1st Published:
New Plays from the Black theatre, ed. by Ed Bullins, New York: Bantam, Inc, 1969   -

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Genre:
Morality Ritual One Act

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  1 BF

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Uh, Uh; But How Do It Free Us

Synopsis:
An examination of the black man!woman relationship in the struggle for liberation

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1st Produced:
-    1970

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1st Published:
the New Lafayette Theatre Pre-sents, ed. by Ed Bullins, New York: Anchor Books, 1974   -

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Genre:
Didactic Ritual 3 scenes

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  6 BM, 4 BF, 1 WM, 2 WF

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