Zooman And The Sign
by Charles Fuller

Zooman And The Sign Book Cover
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Highlights

120 mins Present Day Ensemble Cast Interior Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes American

Awards & Recognition

Obie Award

Synopsis

"'Zooman" is black teen in Philadelphia who senselessly terrorizes his community wit hour regard to race.

His most recent crime is killing a 12 year-old girl on a street filled with witnesses, all of who are afraid to talk

The dead girl's father posts a sign accusing the entire community of cowardice in the face of the ever escalating violence."

-- Cover [p. 4].

Press Reviews

"Absorbing and more satisfying than most of the other serious work I've attended this year."

— The New York Times

Characters

Character
Rachel Tate
Emmett Tate
Reuben Tate
Victor Tate
Russell Adams
Donald Jackson
Ash Boswell
Grace Georges
Zooman

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
Year 1982
Binding Paperback
Pages 71
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573618451
ISBN-10 0573618453
LCCN 82170206
LCC PS3556.U367 Z39 1982
DCC 812/.54

Zooman And The Sign is a American play written by Charles Fuller and published by Samuel French in New York (1982).

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Restrictions: Major Markets Only (US) / Standard Restriction (UK)

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