Pass Over
by Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu

Name: Pass Over
Brand: Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu
SKU: 9780573707018
Rating: 4.34 (11 reviews)

Broadway Off-Broadway

Highlights

Male

75 mins Present Day Role(s) for Black Actor(s) All Men Exterior Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes

Synopsis

Moses and Kitch stand around on the corner – talking shit, passing the time and hoping that maybe today will be different.

As they dream of their promised land, a stranger wanders into their space with his own agenda and derails their plans.

Emotional and lyrical, Pass Over crafts everyday profanities into poetic and humorous riffs, exposing the unquestionable human spirit of young men stuck in a cycle just looking for a way out.

Press Reviews

"Potent and promising... the language in the work is thrilling, poetical."
— Chicago Tribune

"Pass Over is a powerfully imaginative drama that will shake up audiences, instantly tagging the playwright as a significant new voice."
— The Hollywood Reporter

"Emotional, sobering... fiercely poetic play."
— Daily Herald

"★★★★ “For many Black men, living in a country that was built on slavery and still struggles with ingrained notions of white supremacy feels absurd, dispiriting and paralyzing. Playwright Antoinette Nwandu has devised an ingenious and unsettling way to dramatize that terrifying state of existence... Although much of its repartee is quite funny, Pass Over is a tough show. It’s intended to challenge."
— Time Out New York

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
MOSES black, male, late teens/early 20s. a young man from the ghetto. brokenhearted. courageous. angry. sadbut also a slave driverbut also the prophesied leader of God’s chosen	male	20s	black, male, late teens/early 20s. a young man from the ghetto. brokenhearted. courageous. angry. sadbut also a slave driverbut also the prophesied leader of God’s chosen
KITCH black, male, late teens/early 20s. a young man from the ghetto and moses’ best friend. jovial. loyal. kind. naïve. a lovely friend to havebut also a slavebut also one of God’s chosen	male	20s	black, male, late teens/early 20s. a young man from the ghetto and moses’ best friend. jovial. loyal. kind. naïve. a lovely friend to havebut also a slavebut also one of God’s chosen
MISTER white, male, late 20s/early 30s. a man in a light-colored suit. out of his element. earnest. wholesome. terrifiedbut also a plantation ownerbut also pharoah’s son	male	20s	white, male, late 20s/early 30s. a man in a light-colored suit. out of his element. earnest. wholesome. terrifiedbut also a plantation ownerbut also pharoah’s son
OSSIFER white, male, late 20s/early 30s. an enforcer of the law. not from around here, but always around. pragmatic. intimidating. also terrifiedbut also a patrollerbut also a soldier in pharoah’s army	male	20s	white, male, late 20s/early 30s. an enforcer of the law. not from around here, but always around. pragmatic. intimidating. also terrifiedbut also a patrollerbut also a soldier in pharoah’s army