Some Type of Ecstasy

by Khari Wyatt

At an inner-city Los Angeles blood plasma donation center, a multi-cultural, multi-generational crew of donors define family, expose the boundaries of capitalism, trust, and racial inequity as they wrestle with haunting pasts, the hard-scrabble present, and uncertain futures.

At an inner-city Los Angeles blood plasma donation center, a multi-cultural, multi-generational crew of donors define family, expose the boundaries of capitalism, trust, and racial inequity as they wrestle with haunting pasts, the hard-scrabble present, and uncertain futures.

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Some Type of Ecstasy

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  • Sarah Tuft: Some Type of Ecstasy by Khari Wyatt
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    SOME TYPE OF ECSTASY welcomes audiences into a world that few see but many people live out… the world of last chances, dead ends, painful histories, and broken dreams, where blood is all you have left to give. Yet, amidst the despair and denial, Wyatt finds the love. Amidst the betrayals, he finds the loyalty. Wyatt gives his characters the same contradictory impulses that compete inside us all, while capturing the unnamable force that drives us to survive against all reason and at any cost.

    SOME TYPE OF ECSTASY welcomes audiences into a world that few see but many people live out… the world of last chances, dead ends, painful histories, and broken dreams, where blood is all you have left to give. Yet, amidst the despair and denial, Wyatt finds the love. Amidst the betrayals, he finds the loyalty. Wyatt gives his characters the same contradictory impulses that compete inside us all, while capturing the unnamable force that drives us to survive against all reason and at any cost.

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Development History

  • Workshop, Chalk Repertory Theatre, 2020
  • Reading, Chalk Repertory Theatre, 2019
  • Reading, DC Black Theatre Festival, 2016

Awards

  • Semi-Finalist, Ashland New Play Festival, 2022
  • Inkwell Theater Development Lab
    Finalist
    2020
  • O'Neill National Playwrights Conference
    Semi-Finalist
    2018