Anacostia Street Lions

by Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm

FULL LENGTH - Washington, D.C., 2049 AD: the feral cat population in Anacostia has been neutralized, and now the M.A.N. turns its attention to the “undesirables” in the human population. But twins Fable and Korinna and their Grandthang don’t intend to go down without a fight.

FULL LENGTH - Washington, D.C., 2049 AD: the feral cat population in Anacostia has been neutralized, and now the M.A.N. turns its attention to the “undesirables” in the human population. But twins Fable and Korinna and their Grandthang don’t intend to go down without a fight.

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    Trying to understand how black and marginalized people feel in the bleak and violent 2020's? Chisholm takes us to 2049 for an answer with powerful, playful and poetic language that needs little translation. From evocative character names like Paper Clip and Fable we learn about power disparities and intended biases that germinate in gender, race and sexual orientation today. If you are brave or curious to be an ally then cross the river and experience the Anacostia Street Lions.

    Trying to understand how black and marginalized people feel in the bleak and violent 2020's? Chisholm takes us to 2049 for an answer with powerful, playful and poetic language that needs little translation. From evocative character names like Paper Clip and Fable we learn about power disparities and intended biases that germinate in gender, race and sexual orientation today. If you are brave or curious to be an ally then cross the river and experience the Anacostia Street Lions.

    ”

Development History

  • Workshop, Pacific Playwrights Festival - South Coast Repertory, 2017
  • Workshop, Theatre Alliance (DC), 2015

Awards

  • The Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition
    Alliance Theatre
    Finalist
    2017