Autumn
by Richard Wesley
Synopsis
THE STORY: Franklyn Longley is a veteran big-city mayor who’s in line to become the first black governor of his state—until his godson is tapped by the party to run instead.
As a new generation of black politicians comes forward, they must learn there is a price to pay in order to realize their ambitions.
This gripping political drama explores the conflicts that arise when aspirations collide across generational, racial, and gender divides.
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"You don’t take your mind off of AUTUMN for a minute as it proceeds, and you think about it long after its final bows.” —Neals Paper. “AUTUMN is a well-drawn…contemporary drama about the ever-changing urban American political mosaic, its casualties, and its winners."
— New Brunswick Today
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Autumn is a play written by Richard Wesley and published by Dramatists Play Service.
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