THE ROBEY THEATRE COMPANY
RELEASES EIGHT PLAY SCRIPTS
BY BLACK PLAYWRIGHTS
The Robey Theatre Company has made its mission the telling of the stories of the Black global diaspora on stage. It is now also doing so in print. The Robey Theatre Company Playwriting Series currently has twelve play scripts in publication, available in paperback edition and also in Kindle format. These plays, all by Black playwrights, are available through Amazon.
With the exception of The Magnificent Dunbar Hotel, all of the plays were developed in whole or in part in The Robey Theatre Company Playwrights Lab. Six of the plays received their World Premieres on the main stage of The Robey Theatre Company: The Magnificent Dunbar Hotel; The Wrong Kind of People; The Emperor’s Last Performance; Pity the Proud Ones; and Birdland Blue.
For The Love of Freedom Part I: Toussaint • The Soul • Rise and Revolution by Levy Lee Simon
Part II: Dessalines - The Heart - Blood and Liberation
Part III: Christophe - The Spirit - Passion and Glory
For The Love Of Freedom is an epic trilogy about Toussaint L’Ouverture, Jean Jacques Dessalines, and Henri Christophe. The plays depict the development of the Haitian Revolution in 1789, to the death of King Henri Christophe in 1820. Part One – “Toussaint - the Soul - Rise and Revolution" – is devoted to the beginning of the Haitian Revolution and, Toussaint L’Ouverture. Part Two – “Dessalines - the Heart - Blood and Liberation” – is about the liberation of Haiti and their fight with Napoleon, and the rule of Jean Jacques Dessalines. Part Three – “Christophe - the Spirit - Passion and Glory” – is about the rise of Haiti to a world power under King Henri Christophe during the early 19th century.
To find more information on the playwright, visit: https://www.levyleesimon.com/
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The Robey Theatre Company Playwright Series: Because Black voices matter.
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