Native Son (Kelley/Wright)

Native Son (Kelley/Wright)

Native Son (Kelley/Wright)

Nambi E. Kelley

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Native Son (Kelley/Wright)

Native Son (Kelley/Wright)

Nambi E. Kelley

Overview

Suffocating in rat-infested poverty on the South Side of Chicago in the 1930s, 20-year-old Bigger Thomas struggles to find a place for himself in a world whose prejudice has shut him out. After taking a job in a wealthy white man's house, Bigger unwittingly unleashes a series of events that violently and irrevocably seal his fate. Adapted with theatrical ingenuity by Chicago's own Nambi E. Kelley, this Native Son captures the power of Richard Wright's novel for a whole new generation. 

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Cautions

  • Caution Alcohol Alcohol
  • Caution Mild Adult Mild Adult Themes

Details

  • Genre: Adaptation (Literature)
  • Time Period: 1930s
  • Cast Attributes: Role(s) for Black Actor(s), Reduced Casting (Doubling Possible)
  • Target Audience: Adult

Authors

Nambi E. Kelley

Nambi E. Kelley

Nambi E. Kelley has penned plays for Steppenwolf Theatre, Goodman Theatre and Court Theatre/American Blues Theater in Chicago, Lincoln Center in New York, and internationally with LATT Children’s Theatre/Unibooks Publishing Company (South Korea), Teatri Sbagliati (Italy) and ...

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