Steal Away
by Ramona King

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Synopsis

A Folktale, set in Chicago during the Depression, this farce is the story of 5 upstanding church ladies who raise funds to send young Black women to college by holding bake sales and the like.

Their latest beneficiary, Tracyada, has more ambitious ideas.

She wants them all to rob a bank!

Of course, the ladies are reluctant to do anything that drastic; but when they are turned down at the bank for a loan to send another young woman to college because the White bank manager doesn't think "colored girls" need an education, the ladies decide to join in Tracyada's scheme.

Incredibly enough, they manage to pull off the robbery; and, they escape scot free as the news comes over the radio that the police suspect the Dillinger gang!

Press Reviews

"As warm and friendly as a church supper.... A comedy about camaraderie."

— N.Y. Times

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
Year 1982
Binding Paperback
Pages 67
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573630194
ISBN-10 0573630194
LCCN 82218836
LCC PS3561.I4826 S7 1982
DCC 812/.54

Steal Away is a American play written by Ramona King and published by Samuel French in New York (1982).

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