Jeffry Chastang

Jeffry received his MFA in Playwriting from Ohio University in 2015. His thesis play DAUPHIN ISLAND reached semifinalist status with the Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, was awarded a 2016 Edgerton Foundation New Play Award and received it's world premiere at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival in March 2017. The Alabama Shakespeare Festival commissioned Jeffry to write a play set in Montgomery during the Civil War. This work, BLOOD DIVIDED, received a 2011 Edgerton Foundation New Plays Award. In 1998, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts honored Jeffry with the Roger L. Stevens Award for his first play FULL CIRCLE.

Jeffry received his MFA in Playwriting from Ohio University in 2015. His thesis play DAUPHIN ISLAND reached semifinalist status with the Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, was awarded a 2016 Edgerton Foundation New Play Award and received it's world premiere at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival in March 2017. The Alabama Shakespeare Festival commissioned Jeffry to write a play set in Montgomery during the Civil War. This work, BLOOD DIVIDED, received a 2011 Edgerton Foundation New Plays Award. In 1998, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts honored Jeffry with the Roger L. Stevens Award for his first play FULL CIRCLE.

Scripts

Under Ceege

by Jeffry Chastang

1
Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy,
drama

Lifelong residents of an aging housing project, 71 year old Lucky bumps heads with her 49 year old son Ceege as they gamble on change, each other and the Daily Lottery!

Lifelong residents of an aging housing project, 71 year old Lucky bumps heads with her 49 year old son Ceege as they gamble on change, each other and the Daily Lottery!

DAUPHIN ISLAND

by Jeffry Chastang

2
Cast Size
2
Genre
adventure,
comedy,
drama

Suspicion and fascination dovetail when (en route from Detroit to a new job on Alabama's Dauphin Island) Selwyn Tate interrupts the self-imposed isolation of Kendra in the piney woods--dramatizing the risks involved when two displaced souls intertwine.

Suspicion and fascination dovetail when (en route from Detroit to a new job on Alabama's Dauphin Island) Selwyn Tate interrupts the self-imposed isolation of Kendra in the piney woods--dramatizing the risks involved when two displaced souls intertwine.

Reconstructed

by Jeffry Chastang

Cast Size
5
Genre
drama,
period

Reconstruction is grinding to a halt in post Civil War Alabama and the powers that be are in the process of creating a system that will keep the recently freed slaves powerless. Lee-Anna, is a young ex-slave seeking a better life for herself and the two men she loves. She sets a plan in motion for the three of them to leave the south forever. However, her possessive former owner who is now her employer is hell...

Reconstruction is grinding to a halt in post Civil War Alabama and the powers that be are in the process of creating a system that will keep the recently freed slaves powerless. Lee-Anna, is a young ex-slave seeking a better life for herself and the two men she loves. She sets a plan in motion for the three of them to leave the south forever. However, her possessive former owner who is now her employer is hell bent on keeping her within reach.

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Blood Divided

by Jeffry Chastang

Cast Size
4
Genre
drama,
period,
political

It's the eve of the Civil War. Willie Baldwin, teenage son of a wealthy plantation owner, is excited by the pomp and circumstance of Jefferson Davis' inauguration as the Confederacy's first president. Disturbed by the increasing pro-Union liberalism of his father, Willie is swayed by the lethal charisma of secessionist leader William Lowndes Yancey. Willie's budding conservatism not only has him at odds with his...

It's the eve of the Civil War. Willie Baldwin, teenage son of a wealthy plantation owner, is excited by the pomp and circumstance of Jefferson Davis' inauguration as the Confederacy's first president. Disturbed by the increasing pro-Union liberalism of his father, Willie is swayed by the lethal charisma of secessionist leader William Lowndes Yancey. Willie's budding conservatism not only has him at odds with his father, it causes conflict between him and Jim Hale, an ex-slave who has been a second father to him. The outbreak of war pushes Willie's relationships with his father and Jim to the breaking point.

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First Saturday In September

by Jeffry Chastang

Cast Size
7
Genre
comedy,
drama,
period

It's 1937. Their lives in turmoil, two sisters seek the comfort of family and familiar surroundings. They return to their Alabama birthplace to attend their church's annual lawn party. However, trouble is not long in coming and conflict ensues.

It's 1937. Their lives in turmoil, two sisters seek the comfort of family and familiar surroundings. They return to their Alabama birthplace to attend their church's annual lawn party. However, trouble is not long in coming and conflict ensues.

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by Jeffry Chastang

Cast Size
10
Genre
period

African-American residents of diverse social and economic backgrounds board at a Detroit rooming house during World War II on the eve of the 1943 race riot.

African-American residents of diverse social and economic backgrounds board at a Detroit rooming house during World War II on the eve of the 1943 race riot.

Full Circle

by Jeffry Chastang

Cast Size
5
Genre
drama

A family struggles to piece itself back together following the suicide of the youngest son.

A family struggles to piece itself back together following the suicide of the youngest son.