Will Rogers was possibly the most popular person of his generation. His homespun wisdom and humor was swept across the country in his writings and speeches and of course, his immensely popular movies. He was earning 200,000 dollars per movie which was a lot of money in the 1930's. Most Americans still had rural backgrounds and they loved the realness Rogers projected to them. They couldn't identify with much of the urban sophistication portrayed in many movies, but they flocked to see Will Rogers. This biographical monologue play mixes Will's own description of his life with his short...
Will Rogers was possibly the most popular person of his generation. His homespun wisdom and humor was swept across the country in his writings and spe...
In the 2008 presidential election Barack Obama swept over the country with his charm and promises to make changes. People were tired of the economic depression and the Middle East wars. Obama was a young African-American from Chicago with an attractive and intelligent family. It was time for change and Obama offered it. This is a short play touching on his 8 years in office, with glimpses into his family and personal life and his best friend and vice president Joe Biden. Several scenes feature their family friend Oprah Winfrey conducting interviews with Barack, Michelle, and the two...
In the 2008 presidential election Barack Obama swept over the country with his charm and promises to make changes. People were tired of the economic d...
Gwendolyn Brooks was an award winning poet from the Bronzeville neighborhood on Chicago's south side. She won a Pulitzer Prize for her second book of poems, Annie Allen. This monologue uses many of her poems and her writings of her memories and techniques of poetry. It certainly is not a comprehensive biography. The attempt here is give the reader or listener the feeling that they knew Gwendolyn Brooks. A taste of who she was. This project is especially meaningful to me because she was my poetry instructor. So some of this material is from the notes I took of her lectures at that time.
Gwendolyn Brooks was an award winning poet from the Bronzeville neighborhood on Chicago's south side. She won a Pulitzer Prize for her second book of ...
Susan B. Anthony was one of the premier activists of the 19th century. Her early life was dedicated to the abolition of slavery in the United States and then she worked towards equal rights between men and women including the right to vote in public elections. Of course, she also worked towards equal rights between all races. The play deals with Susan B. Anthony's lesbian affairs of which there were many especially with feminists Genevieve Harrington, Anna Dickinson, Elizabeth Stanton, and Emily Gross. There are also insights into the Women's Equal Rights movement. Susan never married and...
Susan B. Anthony was one of the premier activists of the 19th century. Her early life was dedicated to the abolition of slavery in the United States a...
