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Stage Plays

Set on the fictional island of St. Iletto (pronounced Saint Ill-let-toe) and centered around the iconic stiletto, sixteen characters – women and female gendered shoes tell dramatic and humorous stories on identity, relationships, love, desire, and female empowerment. Chester, VA  on 5/20, & 5/21, 2023! Atlanta Black Theatre Festival Main Stage 9/2, 2023!

See what happens when 4 Black women attempt to exercise their Second Amendment constitutional rights. 

Renaming Shaim/shame! NOMore sexual abuse or trauma! Protect children! 1 in 4 women! 1 in 6 men!

You might know someone like Shay - successful, confident, all-round boss lady! But do you know her story?  Do you know the challenges she's been through? Shay is on a journey to free herself from the trauma of her childhood sexual abuse and along the way she meets kindred spirits Danni and Jan, who must also quell the fear of being shamed, ignored, and silenced in order to reclaim their true identity! Shay, Danni, and Jan - three women who survived and now thrive! Broadway Bound Theatre Festival (2021) Dir. Pharah Jean-Philippe.  National Black Theatre Festival: The Garland Lee Thompson Readers Theatre (2019) Dir. Nana Malaya Rucker-Oparabea.  Workshop: Virginia State Players - Dir. Jacqueline Burleson, PhD. (2014 ) Drama - 90 minutes

A musical love story - Mary's immaculate conception; Joseph's doubt! Traditional Christmas story.

Could it really be an immaculate conception?!  A new take on a familiar Christmas story! Workshop (2019) Dir. Alethea McCollin

Musical Drama - 19 original songs - 90 mins 

Comedy, politics, referendum!

President Granderson is certain that he is immensely popular. So when the governors of New York and California threaten to call a referendum on the question of secession, he dares them to do it. What will this showdown reveal?

Gospel stage play about love, friendship and money!

A story of love, friendship and money! It's 2010 and the economy is bad! After Willie loses his job and his home, he  and his best friend Jay start a church! DC Black Theatre and Arts Festival New Works Reading Series​ (2019) Dir. Ronal Stepney Workshop (2014) (2012) Dir. Alethea McCollin​

Drama - 120 mins.

A musical on Jesus's betrayal, crucifixion and resurrection! Traditional Easter story!

The traditional Easter story of the period preceding Jesus's crucifixion, His death, and resurrection!   Workshop (2018) (2016) Dir. Alethea McCollin

Musical Drama - 16 original songs - 90 mins.

Handel's Messiah  revised: spoken word, jazz, praise dance, classical and contemporary music.

This classic is reworked using chants, jazz, contemporary gospel, praise and African dance, spoken word, and of course classical rendering as a nod to the original. Workshop (2012) Dir. Alethea McCollin

Interpretational Oratorio - 90 mins 

Screenplays

The Vegetarian - a psycho-romantic thriller!


50 Years Pregnant - African American magical realism! 



more Stageplays

THE NEXT GREAT WRITER - Comedy - 15 mins

THE NEXT GREAT WRITER - Comedy - 15 mins

THE NEXT GREAT WRITER - Comedy - 15 mins

A woman decides she will become a writer, but faces challenges from her skeptical alter ego

IT'S COMPLICATED - Drama - 90 mins

THE NEXT GREAT WRITER - Comedy - 15 mins

THE NEXT GREAT WRITER - Comedy - 15 mins

A woman's decision to leave the marital home, and her unforeseen pregnancy brings the marriage to a broil. Reading: Richmond Playwright Forum (2020) Dir. Alethea McCollin

THE COMFORT CLUB - Satire - 10 mins

THE NEXT GREAT WRITER - Comedy - 15 mins

THE COMFORT CLUB - Satire - 10 mins

One man's application to join a members-only club causes the group to question their mission statement.

WERE YOU THERE? - Drama - 45 mins

IN FULFILLMENT - Historical Drama - 60 mins

THE COMFORT CLUB - Satire - 10 mins

 A narrator questions ordinary people about their complicity in the narrative of Jesus' crucifixion. Workshop (2010) Dir. Alethea McCollin

IN FULFILLMENT - Historical Drama - 60 mins

IN FULFILLMENT - Historical Drama - 60 mins

IN FULFILLMENT - Historical Drama - 60 mins

 A dramatic depiction of the traditional Easter story.​ Workshop (2009) Dir. Alethea McCollin

BY FAITH - Drama - 30 mins

IN FULFILLMENT - Historical Drama - 60 mins

IN FULFILLMENT - Historical Drama - 60 mins

From emancipation to the presidency, African Americans have always used faith to achieve what may look as impossible goals. Workshop (2009) Dir. Alethea McCollin.

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A young man tries to solve his town's drought woes! Grades 4+

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