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All The Natalie Portmans

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  4w, 1m

C.A. Johnson

Too smart, “too gay” and too lonely to fit in, 16-year-old Keyonna escapes into a world of rom coms, red carpets and all the iconic characters played by her muse, Natalie Portman. But when “all the Natalie Portmans” start talking back to her, Keyonna finally has to face her off-screen drama in C.A. Johnson's imaginative new play.

All The Natalie Portmans

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4w, 1m
  • Duration
    Duration
    More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary

Sixteen-year-old Keyonna and her older brother Samuel live on the brink of eviction while dreaming of a better tomorrow. Too smart, “too gay” and too lonely to fit in, Keyonna escapes into a world of rom coms, red carpets and all the iconic characters played by her muse, Natalie Portman. But when “all the Natalie Portmans” start talking back to her, Keyonna finally has to face her off-screen drama in this imaginative new play that reminds us to embrace life on the ground while still reaching for the stars.

History
All the Natalie Portmans premiered off-Broadway at MCC Theatre in February 2020. Directed by Kate Whoriskey, the production featured Joshua Boone, Montego Glover, Elise Kibler, Raphael Peacock, Renika Williams and Kara Young.
Cast Attributes
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Performing Groups

KEYONNA – 16, smart, lonely, a dreamer
SAMUEL – 18, exceedingly kind, a high school dropout, a fixer
CHANTEL – 17, very pretty, very afraid, but quick
OVETTA – Mid-40s, a hotel worker, recovering alcoholic, trying
NATALIE PORTMAN – White, ageless, the Academy Award-winning actress (sort of)
EPPS – Upstairs neighbor, landlord, alcoholic (heard but not seen)

A few notes on NATALIE: It’s not important that the actress look like Natalie Portman too closely. It’s also not important that she too obviously emulates the real woman or her various roles. She is a manifestation of Keyonna’s inner psyche, which serves a purpose that, though tangential to the given role being cited, is wholly its own thing. In short: play around.

  • Time Period Contemporary, Present Day
  • Setting Northeast Washington, DC. 2009.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
  • Duration More than 120 minutes (2 hours)

Media

“Tense and witty with profound reverberations.” – The Daily Beast

“Displays a deft way with character, enhanced by the playwright’s palpable sympathy.” – The New York Times

“Carefully wrought, intimate scenes... Johnson has obvious gifts for easy-flowing, realistic dialogue among family and friends.” – David Cote, Theater News Online

“[The play] demonstrates substantial talent and heart... The relationship between this Natalie—an always game, sometimes goofy, ultimately empathic imaginary friend...—and Keyonna, who is given defiant and tremendously endearing vitality... is the most entertaining and moving aspect of the play.” – New York Stage Review

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C.A. Johnson

C.A. Johnson
C.A. Johnson is a playwright based in New York City who originally hails from Metairie, Louisiana. She's a resident playwright at New Dramatists and was MCC’s 2020 Tow Playwright-in-Residence. She most recently served as a writer on Drew Goddard's upcoming series at Hulu. She ...
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