Vinecia Coleman

Vinecia Coleman is a playwright, actor, and director based in Minneapolis/St. Paul, whose artistic aim as a writer is to tell stories that focus on the Black female experience. Her plays have been developed at Boise Contemporary Theatre’s BIPOC Playwright Festival, Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Black Swan Lab, id Theater’s Seven Devils Playwrights’ Conference, Mad Cow Theater, and others. Her play Christiana Lysistrata had its premiere in early 2024 at Main Street Players in Miami, FL. Her awards include Playwrights’ Center Many Voices Mentorship Finalist, Boise Contemporary Theater's BIPOC Festival Winner, Illinois State University’s Diverse Voices Playwriting Initiative Finalist. She received her MFA in Dramatic Writing and Directing from the University of Idaho.

Vinecia Coleman is a playwright, actor, and director based in Minneapolis/St. Paul, whose artistic aim as a writer is to tell stories that focus on the Black female experience. Her plays have been developed at Boise Contemporary Theatre’s BIPOC Playwright Festival, Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Black Swan Lab, id Theater’s Seven Devils Playwrights’ Conference, Mad Cow Theater, and others. Her play Christiana Lysistrata had its premiere in early 2024 at Main Street Players in Miami, FL. Her awards include Playwrights’ Center Many Voices Mentorship Finalist, Boise Contemporary Theater's BIPOC Festival Winner, Illinois State University’s Diverse Voices Playwriting Initiative Finalist. She received her MFA in Dramatic Writing and Directing from the University of Idaho.

Scripts

Being Black Outside

by Vinecia Coleman

4
Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy

Vee and Niecy return to their childhood home after their mother dies, just in time for the end of the world--the Apocalypse--to begin. While remembering the past and debating the future, the sisters meet their mother's neighbor (a well-meaning White woman) and are forced to contend with what it means to be Black...outside. This comedic play takes a look at the absurdities and realities of living in a world that...

Vee and Niecy return to their childhood home after their mother dies, just in time for the end of the world--the Apocalypse--to begin. While remembering the past and debating the future, the sisters meet their mother's neighbor (a well-meaning White woman) and are forced to contend with what it means to be Black...outside. This comedic play takes a look at the absurdities and realities of living in a world that centers whiteness.

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Christiana Lysistrata

by Vinecia Coleman

Cast Size
10—25
Genre
adaptation,
comedy,
faith-based,
farce,
period,
political,
satire

Living in medieval times, Lysistrata hopes to stop an upcoming Crusade battle that the men in her village seem dead set on. After hearing God’s voice, Lysistrata uses the bible (the very thing the men use to oppress the women) to get all of the women in her village to stop having sex. This comedy has a modern sensibility and can be performed by an all female-identifying/non-binary cast.

Living in medieval times, Lysistrata hopes to stop an upcoming Crusade battle that the men in her village seem dead set on. After hearing God’s voice, Lysistrata uses the bible (the very thing the men use to oppress the women) to get all of the women in her village to stop having sex. This comedy has a modern sensibility and can be performed by an all female-identifying/non-binary cast.

Two Minutes After Dawn

by Vinecia Coleman

2
Cast Size
4
Genre
drama,
experimental

Over the past year and a half, life has become nearly out of control for Sam. She's buried under work, saving to buy a house, and trying her best to keep her marriage together. To top it all off, she's taken in her contentious mother, who has been diagnosed with dementia. Sam longs to be free of her burdens. Will she get the future she's always dreamed of or will she be forced to stand face-to-face with...

Over the past year and a half, life has become nearly out of control for Sam. She's buried under work, saving to buy a house, and trying her best to keep her marriage together. To top it all off, she's taken in her contentious mother, who has been diagnosed with dementia. Sam longs to be free of her burdens. Will she get the future she's always dreamed of or will she be forced to stand face-to-face with something she never saw coming: her present?

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The Red Pen

by Vinecia Coleman

1
Cast Size
6—7
Genre
drama

Two couples (one black, one white), who are old friends, must come together when one of their children calls the other a racial slur. In doing so, they realize that the issue is much bigger than the children, and if there is any chance of moving forward, they must deal with their own pasts.

Two couples (one black, one white), who are old friends, must come together when one of their children calls the other a racial slur. In doing so, they realize that the issue is much bigger than the children, and if there is any chance of moving forward, they must deal with their own pasts.

Home (The Place Where My Stuff Resides)

by Vinecia Coleman

Cast Size
5—9
Genre
drama

A woman seeks help from her therapist when she suspects her husband is cheating on her. By talking through all the possible scenarios, she discovers the part she may have played in the demise of her marriage.

A woman seeks help from her therapist when she suspects her husband is cheating on her. By talking through all the possible scenarios, she discovers the part she may have played in the demise of her marriage.

But What Am I?

by Vinecia Coleman

4
Cast Size
3
Genre
drama

On the eve of preparing the eulogy for his father, a beloved and respected pastor in the community, a man must deal with his father's past mistakes while he confronts his own demons.

On the eve of preparing the eulogy for his father, a beloved and respected pastor in the community, a man must deal with his father's past mistakes while he confronts his own demons.