Police Boys
Play Description
POLICE BOYS explores the conflict and tensions between a group of police officers and the community they’re sworn to serve
Production Info
Cast: 9 total (2 female, 7 male)Full Length Drama (about 195 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
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Press Quotes
“POLICE BOYS is a cry from the heart written in response to the recession-spawned epidemic of gang violence that erupted in the late '80s. Filled with a rich array of lovingly and painfully conceived characters who spout equal parts profanity-laced invective and transfigurative arias, it charged headlong into a world of fatherless warrior children and the elder survivors wrestling with them, and with their own legacies. The ambition, compassion, and tumbling catharsis of the play still leaps off the page.” —Tim Sanford, Artistic Director, Playwrights Horizons
Author(s)
Marion Isaac McClintonMarion Isaac McClinton is an American theatre director and playwright. He has been nominated for a Tony Award for directing and has won the Vivian Robinson Audelco Black Theatre Award, Director/Dramatic Production. an Obie Award, Direction, and was nominated for the Drama Desk Award. He has directed most of August Wilson's plays, both on Broadway and regionally, and is known as one of the leading Wilson directors. He is an associate artist at Center Stage in Baltimore. He has directed at, among others, the Pittsburgh Public Theater, Guthrie Theater, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, and Playwrights Horizons. At the Goodman Theatre he directed a staged reading of FENCES as part of the Goodman's August Wilson Celebration in February 2007. He had previously directed August Wilson’s KING HEDLEY II, GEM OF THE OCEAN and JITNEY at the Goodman.
Book Information
| Publisher | BPPI |
|---|---|
| Publication Date | 12/19/2018 |
| Pages | 130 |
| ISBN | 9780881457285 |
Special Notes
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