Quinton Cockrell

Quinton Cockrell is a native of Birmingham, Alabama. He received a BFA from Birmingham-Southern College and an MFA from The Alabama Shakespeare Festival's Professional Actor Training Program. He has worked with numerous theatre companies in New York City and throughout the United States, including Riverside Shakespeare Company, Westbeth Theatre, Soho Rep, The John Houseman Theatre, Playwright's Horizons, Orlando Shakespeare Theatre, Studio Arena Theatre, Heritage Repertory Company, Birmingham Children's Theatre, and City Equity Theatre. Quinton is a recipient of the Alabama State Council on the Arts Fellowship in playwriting for his plays Low Life and Shot House (which premiered in Paris at L’Ogresse Theatre in July 2007.) Quinton was selected as a Kennedy Center playwright in 2011....

Quinton Cockrell is a native of Birmingham, Alabama. He received a BFA from Birmingham-Southern College and an MFA from The Alabama Shakespeare Festival's Professional Actor Training Program. He has worked with numerous theatre companies in New York City and throughout the United States, including Riverside Shakespeare Company, Westbeth Theatre, Soho Rep, The John Houseman Theatre, Playwright's Horizons, Orlando Shakespeare Theatre, Studio Arena Theatre, Heritage Repertory Company, Birmingham Children's Theatre, and City Equity Theatre. Quinton is a recipient of the Alabama State Council on the Arts Fellowship in playwriting for his plays Low Life and Shot House (which premiered in Paris at L’Ogresse Theatre in July 2007.) Quinton was selected as a Kennedy Center playwright in 2011. Quinton has also performed as a vocalist in cabarets in New York and Paris. In 2009, he joined the Troy University Department of Theatre and Dance. He is a five-time recipient of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Meritorious Achievement Award for Excellence in Directing.

Scripts

City Limits

by Quinton Cockrell

Cast Size

2

Genre

drama,

political

In the town of Apex, Alabama, a young black woman, Jacinta, works at a store in the country’s largest retail chain. On a stifling summer day, she recognizes a new co-worker, Wayne Lee, a young white man with whom she went to school. A friendship begins, despite severe racial hostility on both sides. The coming together of these two lost souls creates a dangerous storm of conflict, secrets, and violence. City...

In the town of Apex, Alabama, a young black woman, Jacinta, works at a store in the country’s largest retail chain. On a stifling summer day, she recognizes a new co-worker, Wayne Lee, a young white man with whom she went to school. A friendship begins, despite severe racial hostility on both sides. The coming together of these two lost souls creates a dangerous storm of conflict, secrets, and violence. City Limits touches on racial disparity, mental illness, and the soul’s desperate desire for freedom as it builds to its perilous and surprising climax.

Chaos Is Come Again

by Quinton Cockrell

Cast Size

2

Genre

dark comedy,

drama,

tragedy,

verse

A prominent hip-hop mogul, Chaos, has a short amount of time to prepare to play the role of Othello in an elaborate Broadway production. He enlists the assistance of an experienced, highly-skilled Shakespearean actor, Isaac, who has played the role many times. Their grueling collaboration forces them to confront issues of power, ambition, friendship, jealousy, and the very nature of art. Their harrowing journey...

A prominent hip-hop mogul, Chaos, has a short amount of time to prepare to play the role of Othello in an elaborate Broadway production. He enlists the assistance of an experienced, highly-skilled Shakespearean actor, Isaac, who has played the role many times. Their grueling collaboration forces them to confront issues of power, ambition, friendship, jealousy, and the very nature of art. Their harrowing journey through this landscape of creativity changes their art, and their lives, forever.

The Saving of Romeo Jenkins

by Quinton Cockrell

Cast Size

2

Genre

drama,

tragedy

Romeo and Sylvester are two former best friends who work opposite shifts at a pipe and fitting plant in Birmingham, Alabama. When the play opens, we learn that Romeo is covering night shifts for extra money, which means that he and Sylvester will run into each other, upsetting a delicate balance that has previously worked out well for both men. Fueled by religious fervor and the desire to “save” Romeo, Sylvester...

Romeo and Sylvester are two former best friends who work opposite shifts at a pipe and fitting plant in Birmingham, Alabama. When the play opens, we learn that Romeo is covering night shifts for extra money, which means that he and Sylvester will run into each other, upsetting a delicate balance that has previously worked out well for both men. Fueled by religious fervor and the desire to “save” Romeo, Sylvester decides that there is no better time to confront the issues surrounding their five-year estrangement - caused by the death of both of their teenage sons. The play goes back and forth in time to illuminate the relationship between the two men, their sons, and the circumstances leading up to the young men’s senseless deaths.