After Birth of a Nation by David Robson

On the night of the first-ever White House movie screening, First Daughter Margaret Wilson must find a way to break with her past and become her own woman. Yet at the showing of the infamous epic The Birth of a Nation she is forced to fend off advances from a young minister, confront her own racial intolerance, and somehow live up to her duty to her father and to her country without completely losing her mind....
On the night of the first-ever White House movie screening, First Daughter Margaret Wilson must find a way to break with her past and become her own woman. Yet at the showing of the infamous epic The Birth of a Nation she is forced to fend off advances from a young minister, confront her own racial intolerance, and somehow live up to her duty to her father and to her country without completely losing her mind. After Birth of a Nation is a farcical sendup of politics, piety, racism, and our fractured American experiment.
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Character Information

  • MARGARET WOODROW WILSON
    20s,
    White
    ,
    Female
    First Daughter and Acting First Lady
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      20s, 30s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      White
    • Gender: 
      Female
  • CLARENCE FIELDS
    30s,
    African American / Black
    ,
    Male
    White House servant
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      30s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      Black, African, Caribbean, or African American
    • Gender: 
      Male
  • WOODROW WILSON
    50s,
    White
    ,
    Male
    28th President of the United States
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      50s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      White
    • Gender: 
      Male
  • (COLONEL) EDWARD HOUSE
    50s,
    White
    ,
    Male
    Advisor to the President
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      50s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      White
    • Gender: 
      Male
  • DAVID WARK (D.W.) GRIFFITH
    40s,
    White
    ,
    Male
    Motion picture director
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      30s, 40s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      White
    • Gender: 
      Male
  • REVEREND RICHARD GAMBLE
    30s,
    White
    ,
    Male
    Presbyterian minister
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      30s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      White
    • Gender: 
      Male
  • CORA GAMBLE
    30s,
    White
    ,
    Female
    Wife of minister
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      30s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      White
    • Gender: 
      Female
  • EUGENY DEMIDOV
    50s or 60s,
    White
    ,
    Male
    Russian Ambassador
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      50s, 60s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      White
    • Gender: 
      Male

Development History

  • Reading
    ,
    Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium
    ,
    2020
  • Reading
    ,
    City Theater Company
    ,
    2020
  • Reading
    ,
    City Theater Company
    ,
    2016
  • Reading
    ,
    City Theater Company
    ,
    2015
  • Reading
    ,
    Delaware County Community College
    ,
    2013

Production History

  • Workshop
    ,
    City Theater Company
    ,
    2017

Awards

Winner
,
Best Delaware Playwright
,
Broadway World
,
2018
Finalist
,
Living Room Series
,
Blank Theatre
,
2016