The Reapers On Woodbrook Avenue

by Mardee Bennett

Winner of the 2022 Blue Ink Award
Eugene O'Neill Playwrights Conference Finalist
Seven Devils Playwrights Conference Finalist

Spanning four decades, The Reapers On Woodbrook Avenue traces the Reaper family’s journey from the segregated South to Baltimore during the Great Migration.

Winner of the 2022 Blue Ink Award
Eugene O'Neill Playwrights Conference Finalist
Seven Devils Playwrights Conference Finalist

Spanning four decades, The Reapers On Woodbrook Avenue traces the Reaper family’s journey from the segregated South to Baltimore during the Great Migration.

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  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: The Reapers On Woodbrook Avenue

    I really enjoyed the scope of this play and the characters and all their striving. The multi-generations moving from 1976 to this century in three different times touching on several timely issues felt historical and also mythic yet Bennett keeps the play grounded in American Naturalism. Well done.

    I really enjoyed the scope of this play and the characters and all their striving. The multi-generations moving from 1976 to this century in three different times touching on several timely issues felt historical and also mythic yet Bennett keeps the play grounded in American Naturalism. Well done.

  • Eugene O'Neill Theater Center: The Reapers On Woodbrook Avenue

    It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend Mardee Bennett and their play The Reapers On Woodbrook Avenue as a finalist for our 2016 National Playwrights Conference. The play rose through a competitive, anonymous, multileveled selection process that took nearly nine months to execute. As one of 54 finalists out of more than 1,450 submissions, the strength of its writing has allowed this work to prosper in such a competitive selection process. Our readers especially appreciated the deft ear for dialogue and admired the ambition and scope of this work.

    It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend Mardee Bennett and their play The Reapers On Woodbrook Avenue as a finalist for our 2016 National Playwrights Conference. The play rose through a competitive, anonymous, multileveled selection process that took nearly nine months to execute. As one of 54 finalists out of more than 1,450 submissions, the strength of its writing has allowed this work to prosper in such a competitive selection process. Our readers especially appreciated the deft ear for dialogue and admired the ambition and scope of this work.

Character Information

  • Loretta Reaper
    Character Age
    50s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    African-American
    Character Gender Identity
    (assigned female at birth - plot relevant) Female
  • Nell Reaper
    Character Age
    30s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    African-American
    Character Gender Identity
    (assigned female at birth - plot relevant) Female
  • Tamar Reaper
    Character Age
    16
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    African-American
    Character Gender Identity
    Female
  • Ronald Johnson
    Character Age
    19
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    African-American
    Character Gender Identity
    (assigned male at birth - plot relevant)
  • Corey Reaper Johnson
    Character Age
    22
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    African-American
    Character Gender Identity
    (assigned male at birth - plot relevant)
  • Rex
    Character Age
    60s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    White
    Character Gender Identity
    Male

Development History

  • Type Workshop, Organization Signature Theatre, Year 2018
  • Type Workshop, Organization Signature Theatre SigWorks - Arlington, VA, Year 2017

Awards

  • Prince Grace Awards Playwriting Fellowship
    New Dramatists
    Semi-Finalist
  • Seven Devils Playwrights Conference
    Finalist
  • Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center National Playwrights Conference
    Finalist