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False Creeds

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  4w, 2m

Darren Canady

After his grandmother leaves him a "memory box" containing photos and journals related to the Tulsa race massacre, a young man witnesses his family's history through the eyes of his grandmother as a young girl. This ambitious and timely play
celebrates the importance of family history and the triumph of those who
survived.

False Creeds

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4w, 2m
  • Duration
    Duration
    105 Minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Docudrama/History
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult
Accolades
Accolades
  • Winner! Alliance Theater's 2006/07 Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition

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Summary
The story of Jason, a young man who embarks on a journey to discover the legacy of his family’s past. After receiving a "memory box" from his dying grandmother containing photos and journals related to the Tulsa race massacre, Jason realizes his family’s history is profoundly connected to the tragic events. Set mostly in flashbacks to the affluent, predominately African-American Greenwood neighborhood, Canady’s play follows Jason as he witnesses one night of terror and destruction through the eyes of a young girl (his grandmother) who is forced into adulthood by the tragedy. This ambitious and timely play does not linger in pathos, but instead celebrates the importance of family history and the triumph of those who survived and began new lives.
History
After winning the 2006/07 Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition, False Creeds made its world premiere at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia on February 14, 2007.
Cast Attributes
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Performing Groups

JASON – M, late teens. Perceptive.
AMELIA MOORE – F, about 11. Jason's grandmother. Plays herself as both a child and an old woman.
FANNIE – F, early 20s. The Moores' feisty maid.
LYDIA MOORE – F, 30s. Cultured, elite and beautiful.
MARCUS MOORE – M, 30s. A driven businessman and caring family man.
JANIE TYLER – Lydia's friend and fellow member of Tulsa's elite.

All characters are Black.

  • Time Period Present Day, 1920s
  • Setting Tulsa, Oklahoma, circa 1995 and 1921.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes, Period Costumes
  • Duration 105 Minutes

Media

“Generates real suspense… draws historical parallels from the world of the Jim Crow South to the Hurricane Katrina debacle.” – Curt Holman, Creative Loafing
“In dramatizing the horrifying yet half-forgotten Tulsa Race Riot of 1921, Darren M. Canady's play False Creeds presents numerous unnerving sights and sounds. The sounds, in fact, seem to reverberate long after the play, in its world-premiere production, has ended. False Creeds generates real suspense… The play draws historical parallels from the world of the Jim Crow South to the Hurricane Katrina debacle.” – Curt Holman, Creative Loafing

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Darren Canady

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