Paris (Booth)
by Paul Lucas, Eboni Booth

Name: Paris (Booth)
Brand: Paul Lucas
SKU: 9780573709593
Rating: 3.77 (22 reviews)

Paris (Booth) Book Cover — Paris (Booth) Cover

Highlights

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90 mins1990sRole(s) for Black Actor(s)Unit Set/Multiple SettingsContemporary Costumes/Street ClothesComedy

Synopsis

Emmie is one of the only Black people living in Paris, Vermont, and she desperately needs a job.

When she is hired at Berry’s, a store off the interstate selling everything from baby carrots to lawnmowers, she begins to understand a new kind of isolation.

Paris is a play about invisibility, being underpaid, and how it feels to work on your feet for ten hours a day.

Press Reviews

"An airtight example of humanity."
— TheaterMania

"This is not just about gender identity. It’s about what makes us human."
— The Boston Globe

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Josephine White Australian trans female, fifties, lived as a hypermasculine man for fifty years. Still in active transition, her gender presentation is not polished.	female	—	White Australian trans female, fifties, lived as a hypermasculine man for fifty years. Still in active transition, her gender presentation is not polished.
Luna African American/Latinx trans female, mid-to-late twenties. She is very comfortable with her sexuality.	female	—	African American/Latinx trans female, mid-to-late twenties. She is very comfortable with her sexuality.
Sandra White trans female, sixties. A former garage mechanic with the soul of a poet, she underwent an expensive, well-supervisde transition at forty. Her presentation is extremely polished.	female	—	White trans female, sixties. A former garage mechanic with the soul of a poet, she underwent an expensive, well-supervisde transition at forty. Her presentation is extremely polished.
Tatiana White trans female, mid-forties to mid-fifties, transitioned in her twenties. A performer, she is naturally charming.	female	—	White trans female, mid-forties to mid-fifties, transitioned in her twenties. A performer, she is naturally charming.
Dr. Violet White trans female, seventies, transitioned at sixty-eight. A successful gynecologist working with cis and transgender patients. Raised in the UK but has lived in Australia for thirty years. Comfortable in her presentation.	female	—	White trans female, seventies, transitioned at sixty-eight. A successful gynecologist working with cis and transgender patients. Raised in the UK but has lived in Australia for thirty years. Comfortable in her presentation.
Zakia African American trans female, late thirties, began transition at twenty-one. Social worker by day and beauty pageant contestant/drag performer by night. Confident, does not make any attempt to sound overly feminine.	female	—	African American trans female, late thirties, began transition at twenty-one. Social worker by day and beauty pageant contestant/drag performer by night. Confident, does not make any attempt to sound overly feminine.
Eden White intersex female, forties, British. Assigned male at birth, her history was long concealed from her by her parents. Intelligent, emotional, mercurial, angry, funny, substance abuser, and a lesbian. She is very androgynous.	female	—	White intersex female, forties, British. Assigned male at birth, her history was long concealed from her by her parents. Intelligent, emotional, mercurial, angry, funny, substance abuser, and a lesbian. She is very androgynous.