Camille Washington

Camille Washington

Camille Washington (she/her) is a playwright and the Co-Director of Good Company Theatre, Utah’s only Black-owned theatre. She was a 2022 Utah Performing Arts Fellow, and a 2021 Lambda Literary Writers Retreat Playwriting Fellow. In 2019, Camille was named the David Ross Fetzer Foundation Emerging Playwright. She is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild. Camille received her BA in Art History from the...
Camille Washington (she/her) is a playwright and the Co-Director of Good Company Theatre, Utah’s only Black-owned theatre. She was a 2022 Utah Performing Arts Fellow, and a 2021 Lambda Literary Writers Retreat Playwriting Fellow. In 2019, Camille was named the David Ross Fetzer Foundation Emerging Playwright. She is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild. Camille received her BA in Art History from the University of Utah (2006), and her MA in Exhibition and Museum Studies from the San Francisco Art Institute (2009).

Plays

  • Sourpuss by Camille Washington
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, fable/folktale
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    Keyword: Children and Youth Fable and Folktale, all ages + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, fable/folktale
    Keyword: Children and Youth Fable and Folktale, all ages, a short comedy, Community building, friendship, theatre for kids
    Shobhi has a dilemma. They won’t come out from under The Table because when they tried to leave for good, Table frightened them and they stubbed their toe. Ouch! Now they’re growing so fast that they hardly fit anymore. Shobhi’s friends Lolo and Ike try to coax them out but The Table tells Shobhi lies to get them to stay put, promising that one day they will get to sit at The Table. Lolo and Ike devise a plan...
    Shobhi has a dilemma. They won’t come out from under The Table because when they tried to leave for good, Table frightened them and they stubbed their toe. Ouch! Now they’re growing so fast that they hardly fit anymore. Shobhi’s friends Lolo and Ike try to coax them out but The Table tells Shobhi lies to get them to stay put, promising that one day they will get to sit at The Table. Lolo and Ike devise a plan to get Shobhi out for good: get them to help build a new table.
  • Vigilant by Camille Washington
    Cast: 
    9
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    Genre: drama, musical + 1 more
    Genre: drama, musical, period
    Vigilant follows formerly enslaved Jublianne Franklin in the final days of searching for the love of her life, Ruth Campbell, who was sold downriver when the two were teenagers in the Antebellum South. Her journey has taken her within sight of the Rocky Mountains, where it is rumored an enclave of disgraced white Southerners have kidnapped free Black folk to form a new Confederacy.
  • HORiZON by Camille Washington
    Cast: 
    6–7
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    Genre: drama
    Genre: drama
    HORiZON languishes on his luxury spaceship in the ever-present glow of Mars waiting to terrascend with the other Technocrats hovering in the planet's orbit. After years of transmitting longing-filled missives back to Earth with no response, someone replies and sparks intrigue. Suddenly, HORiZON is in love.
  • Oda Might by Camille Washington
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: drama
    Genre: drama
    In a small room at a mental hospital, a convict and her psychiatrist meet for their regular appointment. The doctor wants to believe the patient, but when she emphasizes that she is a spiritual medium and is innocent of any crime, their discussion takes an unexpected turn.
  • Odettes For The Holidays! by Camille Washington
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: musical, period
    Genre: musical, period
    After nearly a decade, beloved 1960s girl-group The Odettes returns to their hometown for a holiday reunion concert at the Double-Time Lounge. With Christmastime hits like "Tinsel and Mistletoe," and "Snow Angel," it's bound to please their adoring fans.

    For Adelaide "Della" Crawford, Dorinda "Dori" Pendleton, and Regina Johnson, daughter of late...
    After nearly a decade, beloved 1960s girl-group The Odettes returns to their hometown for a holiday reunion concert at the Double-Time Lounge. With Christmastime hits like "Tinsel and Mistletoe," and "Snow Angel," it's bound to please their adoring fans.

    For Adelaide "Della" Crawford, Dorinda "Dori" Pendleton, and Regina Johnson, daughter of late original member Deloris Johnson, it is a chance to sing through their memories of one another, of the group that brought them all together, and of the music that keeps them connected. Pianist Woody Watson joins them on keys as they prepare for their long-awaited return to the stage!