STEW

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STEW

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  4w

Zora Howard

2021 Pulitzer Prize Finalist! In Zora Howard's compelling comedy-drama, three generations of Black women banter and bicker as they prepare for a feast.

Image: 2020 Page 73 Production (Jeremy Daniel)

STEW

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4w
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Teen (Age 14-18)
Accolades
Accolades
  • Finalist! 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
    Nominee: Two 2020 Drama League Awards, including Outstanding Production of a Play
    Nominee: Nine 2020 Audelco Awards, including Best Play and Best Playwright

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Summary
Mama is up early to prepare an important meal and, even with her family on hand to help, time is running short. Tensions simmer with three generations of Tucker women under one roof, but things come to a boil as the violence hovering around the periphery of their lives begins to intrude upon the sanctity of Mama’s kitchen.
History
STEW premiered off-Broadway at Walkerspace on January 20, 2020. Produced by Page 73 and directed by Colette Robert, the production featured Portia, Kristin Dodson, Toni Lachelle Pollitt and Nikole Salter.
Cast Attributes
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Performing Groups

LIL’ MAMA – A black girl in her pre-teens. (Also reads AND A THIRD)
NELLY – A black girl soon to be eighteen. (Also reads ANOTHER VOICE OFFSTAGE)
LILLIAN – A black woman in her thirties. (Also reads A VOICE OFFSTAGE)
MAMA – A mature black woman. Don’t ask her age.

Note on Casting: All of the women in this play should kind of look alike.

  • Time Period New Millennium/21st Century
  • Setting Mt. Vernon, New York, or a neighborhood like it. Some time ago but not too long ago.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
  • Duration 90 minutes

Media

“A captivating story that’s intimate, funny, and heartbreaking in equal measure.” – The New Yorker

“★★★★ Subtly haunting new domestic drama... [Howard’s] intimate 90-minute drama... invites a comfortable familiarity, as though we too were in our pajamas at Mama’s kitchen table.” – Time Out NY

“STEW, by Zora Howard, feels familiar without being cliché, delivering a captivating story that’s intimate, funny, and heartbreaking in equal measure.” – The New Yorker

“Howard clearly is an upcoming artist to watch.” – New York Stage Review

Videos

  • Stew - Page 73 Trailer youtube thumbnail

    Stew - Page 73 Trailer

  • In the Kitchen with Stew youtube thumbnail

    In the Kitchen with Stew

Photos

  • STEW

    Image: 2020 Page 73 Production (Jeremy Daniel)

  • STEW

    Image: 2020 Page 73 Production (Jeremy Daniel)

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: £55 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

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Authors

Zora Howard

Zora Howard

Zora Howard is a Harlem-bred writer and performer. Plays include STEW (2021 Pulitzer Prize Finalist; Page 73 Productions); THE MASTER’S TOOLS (Williamstown Theatre Festival); BUST (2022 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Finalist; 2022 L. Arnold Weissberger New Play Award Finalist); ...

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