''Black Sheep'' is a 2001 play by American
playwright Lee Blessing
Lee Knowlton Blessing (born October 4, 1949) is an American playwright best known for his 1988 work, '' A Walk in the Woods''. A lifelong Midwesterner, Blessing continued to work in regional theaters in and around his hometown of Minneapolis thro ...
. It concerns a black man raised by a wealthy white family who returns home after being released from prison for shooting his half-brother.
Production history
''Black Sheep'' had a public reading at
Washington, D.C.
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Arena Stage
Arena Stage is a not-for-profit regional theater based in Southwest, Washington, D.C. Established in 1950, it was the first racially integrated theater in Washington, D.C. and its founders helped start the U.S. regional theater movement. It is ...
from October 19-27, 2001.
In December 14 of the same year Florida Stage in
Manalapan, Florida
Manalapan is a town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The population was 406 at the 2010 United States census.
History
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staged the world premiere, while Blessing was still tinkering with the script.
The premiere closed as scheduled on January 20, 2002.
References
Plays by Lee Blessing
2001 plays
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