The Colored Museum
by George C Wolfe
Highlights
What readers are saying
Readers appreciate the clever and satirical storytelling in 'The Colored Museum'. Many find the vignettes both humorous and poignant, addressing critical issues within the African American experience. The play's unique format and imaginative characters resonate with audiences, making it a popular choice for both reading and performance. However, some note that certain parts can be confusing or feel dated.
Synopsis
The Colored Museum has electrified, discomforted, and delighted audiences of all colors, redefining our ideas of what it means to be black in contemporary America.
Its eleven "exhibits" undermine black stereotypes old and new, and return to the facts of what being black means.
" Mr. Wolfe is the kind of satirist who takes no prisoners.
The shackles of the past have been defied by Mr. Wolfe's fearless humor, and it's a most liberating revolt!" - Frank Rich, The New York Times; "Brings forth a bold new voice that is bound to shake up blacks and whites with separate-but-equal impartiality.
True satire."
- Jack Kroll, Newsweek.
Press Reviews
"Brings forth a bold new voice that is bound to shake up Blacks and Whites with separate-but-equal impartiality. True satire."
— Newsweek
"If Wolfe’s themes – of remembering the past and understanding stereotypes – are heavy, he wisely avoids didacticism in favor of lightness of tone. The Colored Museum turns out to be a fun house."
— Washington City Paper
"Mr. Wolfe is the kind of satirist, almost unheard of in today's timid theater, who takes no prisoners… The shackles of the past have been defied by Mr. Wolfe’s fearless humor, and it’s a most liberating revolt."
— The New York Times
Characters
| Character |
|---|
MISS PAT |
AUNT ETHEL |
GIRL |
GUY |
JUNIE ROBINSON |
MISS ROJ |
WAITER |
THE WOMAN |
JANINE |
LAWANDA |
NARRATOR |
MAMA |
WALTER-LEE-BEAU-WILLIE-JONES |
LADY IN PLAID |
MEDEA JONES |
THE MAN |
THE KID |
LALA LAMAZING GRACE |
ADMONIA |
FLO’RANCE |
THE LITTLE GIRL |
NORMAL JEAN REYNOLDS |
TOPSY WASHINGTON |
MISS PA |
MISS ROJ |
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Publication
The Colored Museum is a American play written by George C Wolfe and published by Dramatic Publishing in New York (2010).
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Dramatic Publishing · 2010 · 54 pp
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