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Overview
Sara, an enslaved rebel turned Union spy, and Sandra, a tenured professor in a modern-day private university, are having parallel experiences of institutional racism, though they live over a century apart. Confederates leaps through time to trace the identities of these two Black American women and explore the reins that racial and gender bias still hold on American educational systems today.
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Cautions
- Alcohol
- Strong Language
- Mild Adult Themes
Details
- Time Period: Contemporary, American Civil War Era
- Cast Attributes: Role(s) for Black Actor(s), Reduced Casting (Doubling Possible), Expandable Casting, Multicultural Casting
- Target Audience: Adult
Authors
Dominique Morisseau
Dominique Morisseau is the author of The Detroit Project (A 3-Play Cycle), which includes the following plays: Skeleton Crew (Atlantic Theater Company), Paradise Blue (Signature Theatre), and Detroit ’67 (Public Theater, Classical Theatre of Harlem and NBT). Additional plays ...