Staged Reading: 4 Black Virgins Walk Into A Bar
Wed, Aug 07
|The Tank
A staged reading of Andrea's new play! 4 Black Virgins Walk Into A Bar is a comedy about law school, politics and hot sauce centering black women. After a night of arguments, vandalism and dry chicken will four black women walk into a bar together?
Time & Location
Aug 07, 2024, 9:30 PM – 10:30 PM EDT
The Tank, 312 W 36th St., New York, NY 10018, USA
About the event
It's the night of October 14, 2000, before George Bush took office, before a hanging chad meant anything, before the Iraq war. Marie throws an intimate dinner party for 3 of her fellow Washington and Lee Law students with the sole purpose of convincing Celina to ask Nubia to be her study partner. There's just one problem, Celina, a liberal, hates Nubia for being a proud conservative. Nubia is the first Black female Republican Celina has ever met and she can barely stomach her. Just as Celina's coldness for Nubia begins to thaw, in walks Keisha, a woman who "suffers no fools" especially Black Republicans. Celina is torn between her desire to win over Keisha and her burgeoning friendship with Nubia. Nubia then discovers that her car, that happened to bear a Bush/Cheney 2000 bumper sticker, has been vandalized. Did Keisha do it? The women almost come to blows and the police are called. While waiting for the authorities, the women play "Fuck, Marry, Kill," and discover common ground. Will Keisha get arrested? Will Celina ask Nubia to be her study partner? After a night of violence, hair grease and hot sauce will four black virgins will walk into a bar together?
*4 Black Virgins Walk Into A Bar was written while the playwright was a member of the Fresh Ground Pepper Playgroup
Playwright: Andrea Coleman
Starring:
Marcela Onyango
Amanda Gordon
Makia Martin
Vee Lince
Stage Directions: Karen Ortiz