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1994 : 1995 : 1996 : 1997 : 1998 : 1999 : 2000 : 2001 : 2002 : 2003 : 2007 Link to company quotes from WordBRIDGE '99 Six scripts were selected. Because one of the scripts was a one-woman show, the company dropped to 45, and consisted of national, Florida, local and student artists. Included were Kimberly Scott (Tony-nominated actress), Shelby Jiggetts-Tivony, (Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk!), Kerry C. Davis, (Angels in America), and Robert Aberdeen, (Love of Life, The Greatest American Hero). The Tribute to Playwrights (sponsored by SunTrust and ASPEC), a one-woman show, IVY ROWE, starred Barbara Bates Smith. Diversity was the hallmark of WB'99. Two of the plays were written by African-Americans; a third dealt with an inter-cultural relationship in Jerusalem; another with difficulties associated with sexual preference issues and a fifth looked at the way Hispanics are treated in our culture. Since one of the six selected scripts was "ready for an audience," WB'99 concluded with a performances of DUPPY STORIES featuring Kimberly Scott. The WORDBRIDGE ‘99 Spring Showcase, SUNDAY MORNING 2 MEN COOKING by Margaret Baldwin was directed by television and Broadway veteran, Robert Aberdeen.
In Walks Mem’ry ~ Eric C. Waldemar, Jr. Columbia University Zoey Reed returns home from a 15-year jail term to find that despite her oppressive father’s death, Pop’s legacy of physical and emotional abuse now looms over the family. Confrontations abound and secrets are revealed as Zoey attempts to stop history from repeating itself. Impurities ~ Carleen R. Jaspers, University of Nevada The impending sale of Germaine’s long-time home is the last straw. The ‘Pandora’s box’ that she has so obsessively guarded over the years cannot be kept quiet any longer. The consequences are just what she’d always feared.Under Covers ~ Sahra Kuper, Hampshire College When Riley Packard is found dead at the bottom of a lake, her lover is left to solve the mystery of Riley's death and force Riley's father to come to terms with the past. Two dead quirky old Victorian ladies decide to travel "back to life" as undercover cops to help set Riley's story straight.Jerusalem Son ~ Jonathon Flaum USC – Los Angeles An Israeli soldier and a Palestinian teacher are in love, and their secret is growing hard to hide. His parents are Holocaust survivors and Israeli pioneers, his sister is a nurse. This is the night when each discovers the other.Duppy Stories: Wrestling with Ghosts ~ Cfrancis Blackchild UT - Austin Part supernatural adventure, part travelogue. In Jamaica, a "duppy" is anything that haunts you. A ghost. A lost Mommie. A resting Grandfather. A family secret. Robbers looking for a Trinidadian at the wrong house. In this play, a girl travels from family to family, from childhood to maturity, from Jamaica to Brooklyn, abandoned and comforted, pursued and protected by ghosts..Sunday Morning 2 Men Cooking ~ Margaret Baldwin University of Iowa It’s Sunday morning and company’s coming. Two men prepare their feast. What is the connection between liturgy and recipe . . . cooking and creation ... God and company? |
