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Celeste Bedford Walker

CELESTE BEDFORD WALKER

  
Nationality:    African American
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Celeste Bedford Walker is an award-winning playwright whose works have been performed in major venues across the country. She is the recipient of several honors and awards, including being selected as a finalist in the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, a recognition given to outstanding work by female playwrights in the English speaking theater; the NAACP Image Award for positive portrayal of African-Americans in the media; New York's Audelco Award; and, she was honored in the Ensemble Theatre's Salute to Texas Playwrights. Walker has received numerous commissions to write dramas, comedies, and musicals for theaters, schools, museums, and organizations.

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         Adam and Eve, Revisited         African Talking Drum, The         Black Diamonds         Black Spurs         Brothers, Sisters, Husbands and Wives         Butterfly Girls (Obesity Project)         Camp Logan         Distant Voices         Eddie Thomas Story, The         Fabulous African Fables         Freedom Train         Giants in the Land         Harlem After Hours         Hip Hoppin' the Dream         I, Barbara Jordon         Memoirs of a Would Be Black Militant         Noble Lofton, Buffalo Soldier         Once in a Wife Time         One Girl, One Light         Over Forty         Piccolo Sergeant         Praise the Lord, and Raise the Roof         Profiles in Black         Red Blood of War, The         Reunion in Bartersville         Sassafras Girls         Sassy Mamas         Shared Secrets         The African Talking Drum         Where My Girls At?         Wreckin' Ball, The
Adam and Eve, Revisited

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African Talking Drum, The

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Brandon and Brea and other neighbourhood children are playing in the street. They come across a pile of rubbish which includes a drum. The children are fascinated by it. They start banging it and a procession of African Royalty appears and tell their stories

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Black Diamonds

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The Ensemble Theatre     1993

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Black Spurs

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Brothers, Sisters, Husbands and Wives

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A fast paced comedy drama about the unique bond between four siblings of mixed heritage. In a single explosive weekend at the wealthy oldest brother's Florida beach house, they transform general dysfunctionalism into rejuvenation, hope, and love through the strength of each individual's commitment to the family as a whole.

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comedy drama

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Butterfly Girls (Obesity Project)

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Grant Nih, Baylor University     2011

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Camp Logan

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After weeks of harassment from the city police and white civilians about a hundred members of the 24th Infantry Regiment marched to the west end of Houston from their bivouac at the construction site of Camp Logan. When they arrived in the San Felipe district they fought a running battle with members of the Houston Police, other military units, and armed citizens. Camp Logan tells the story of 13 decorated veterans from the 24th United States Infantry Regiment, an all black regiment, who in 1917 were court martialed and then hanged due to this clash between them and the white townspeople of Houston, Texas
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1st Produced:
Kumble Theater For Performing Arts, NY     2008

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Shades of Truth Theatre Company

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Play/Drama

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Distant Voices

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This enchanted theatrical collage chronicles the lives of souls buried in Houston's Freedman Cemetery.

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Eddie Thomas Story, The

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Fabulous African Fables

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Commission, Express Children's Theatre     2001

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Freedom Train

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Commission, Express Children's Theatre     2002

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Giants in the Land

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Commission, Express Children's Theatre     2004

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Harlem After Hours

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A remarkable musical revue about the social and cultural phenomenon of the 1920's called The Harlem Renaissance. In a panoramic mix of unforgettable music, brilliant literature and exotic dance, today's audience gets to enjoy Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Langston Hughes, and many other greats.

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Hip Hoppin' the Dream

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Encore Theatre, Klein High School     2006

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I, Barbara Jordon

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Celebrates the remarkable life and career of the eminent Texas orator, legislator and teacher.

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Commission, Alley Theatre     2008

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Memoirs of a Would Be Black Militant

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Noble Lofton, Buffalo Soldier

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Commission Witte Museum, S.A. Tx     1993

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Once in a Wife Time

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This hilarious 1970's comedy about polygamy played to sold out houses in Los Angeles for 3 1/2 years.

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formerly Sister, Sister

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One Girl, One Light

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Commission, Girl Scouts, Usa (Pluralism Award)     2000

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Over Forty

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A jazzy musical about four very different women who are not quite ready

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Piccolo Sergeant

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Praise the Lord, and Raise the Roof

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A foot stomping gospel comedy musical about racial healing.

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Summer Olympics     1996

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comedy gospel musical

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Profiles in Black

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Commission, Express Children's Theatre     2003

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Red Blood of War, The

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Reunion in Bartersville

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In this award winning comedy/mystery, the Bartersville High School class is celebrating its 50th reunion when an unexpected guest turns their gaiety into an evening of heart-stopping, hilarious suspense.

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Reading At White Plains Performing Arts Center, 11 City Plains, White Plains, NY     15 Nov 2010

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Sassafras Girls

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Sassy Mamas

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This colorful romantic comedy explores the Cougar phenomenon and the dynamics between sexes when women know what they want and how to get it.

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romantic comedy

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Shared Secrets

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The African Talking Drum

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Where My Girls At?

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The Ensemble Theatre, (Nea Grant)     1999

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Wreckin' Ball, The

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A drama about the uprooting of a Black community through urban renewal.

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drama

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