Bootycandy
by Robert O'hara

Name: Bootycandy
Brand: Robert O'hara
SKU: 9780573703980
Rating: 3.93 (138 reviews)

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Highlights

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120 minsPresent DayRole(s) for Black Actor(s)Unit Set/Multiple SettingsContemporary Costumes/Street Clothes

Awards & Recognition

Drama League AwardLucille Lortel Award

Winner! 27th Annual Lambda Literary Award, Best LGBT Drama of 2014-15 Nominee: Two 2015 Lucille Lortel Awards Nominee: 2015 Drama League Award for Best Play

Synopsis

Sutter is on an outrageous odyssey through his childhood home, his church, dive bars, motel rooms, and even nursing homes.

Playwright Robert O'Hara weaves together scenes, sermons, sketches, and daring meta-theatrics to create a kaleidoscopic portrayal of growing up gay and Black.

Uproarious satire crashes headlong into the murky terrain of pain and pleasure and… Bootycandy .

Press Reviews

"A spiralling, high-energy triumph."
— The Guardian

"O’Hara writes each scene with fierce wit."
— The Stage

"The punchline in O’Hara’s work? His recognition and dissection of that ill-fitting straitjacket called political correctness."
— New Yorker

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
ACTOR ONE Black Woman (age 20–30) plays: Young Black Mom, Adella, Big Shirley, Writer 1, Young Sibling, Intifada.	female	20	Black Woman (age 20–30) plays: Young Black Mom, Adella, Big Shirley, Writer 1, Young Sibling, Intifada.
ACTOR TWO Black Man (age 20–30) plays: Sutter.	male	20	Black Man (age 20–30) plays: Sutter.
ACTOR THREE Black Woman (age 30–40) plays: Eudarrie, Lucy, Writer 2, Middle Aged Mother, Genitalia.	female	30	Black Woman (age 30–40) plays: Eudarrie, Lucy, Writer 2, Middle Aged Mother, Genitalia.
ACTOR FOUR Black Man (age 30–40) plays: Reverend Benson, Writer 3, Step Father, Larry, Old Granny.	male	30	Black Man (age 30–40) plays: Reverend Benson, Writer 3, Step Father, Larry, Old Granny.
ACTOR FIVE White Male (age 20–40) plays: Roy, Clint, Moderator, Officiant, White Man.	male	20	White Male (age 20–40) plays: Roy, Clint, Moderator, Officiant, White Man.