In the tradition of Facing Our Truth: Short Plays on Trayvon, Race, and Privilege and HANDS UP: 6 Playwrights, 6 Testaments, The New Black Fest (with guest curator, playwright Dominique Morisseau) commissioned five Black women playwrights to contribute to UNTAMED: Hair, Body, Attitude short plays that collectively dig deeper into the national conversation around Black womanhood and social perceptions of Black femininity by providing Black women a creative platform to personalize these issues. The playwrights include Jocelyn Bioh, Chisa Hutchinson, Lenelle Moise, Nikkole Salter, and Cori Thomas.
Nikkole contributed two 10-minute pieces to the series - PEACE OFFICER PRIVILEGE and MAHAGONY CORPO, in effort to discuss perception of black women's bodies. PEACE is a docu-drama about 12-year old Dymond Milburn's assault by police upon being mistaken for a prostitute. MAHAGONY (not included in the collection) is a satirical piece that explores the exoticification, fetization and appropriation of African woman's physical features.
UNTAMED was first presented - free and open to the public - Monday, October 19, 2015 at the Segal Theatre, CUNY Graduate Center in New York City. Future performances and publication of the plays will be announced to the left.
PEACE OFFICER PRIVILEGE
Written by Nikkole Salter
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THE STORY: 2015. Dymond Milburn, now 21, her mother Emily Milburn and her attacker Officer David Roark reflect on what happened the night of August 22, 2006 and how that night has had an everlasting impact on their lives. The play features actual language garnered from court documents and published interviews.
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FULL SCRIPT
10 Minutes
1 Man, 2 Women
MAHAGONY CORPO
​​Written by Nikkole Salter
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THE STORY: 2015. An alternate reality. Akua, owner of upscale boutique that sells customized black female body parts for beauty and personal enjoyment tries to get her customer to upgrade from mere body parts to the total luxury package, African Womanhood... but her customer is not buying it.
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FULL SCRIPT
10 Minutes
2 Women
Mar 15, 2019
UNTAMED @ The Black Spectrum
2019 Dates
Friday, March 15th - Saturday, March 16th @ 8 p.m.
Sunday, March 17th @ 4 p.m.
Wednesday, March 20th @ 1 p.m.
Friday, March 22nd - Saturday, March 23rd @ 8 p.m.
$25
MPower Theatre
Oct. 21, 2016
6:30pm
UWM PSOA Recital Hall
2400 E Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, 53211, WI, United States
$20
Jul 17, 2016
UNTAMED @ The Hansberry Project
UNTAMED will be featured at the Hansberry Project in Seattle, WA July 17 and 18, 2016.
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Jan 01, 2017
UNTAMED - The Underground Collaborative MPower Theatre
Sat. July 16, 2016
7pm - 9pm
161 W Wisconsin Ave, Lowr, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53203
$20
Apr 01, 2016
MAHOGANY CORPO in FL
The Star Center Theatre in Gainsville, FL will present MAHOGANY CORPO as a part of their festival celebrating Black & Women's History Months with short works by Pearl Cleage, Ntozake Shange and others. Performances are on April 1 - 3, 2016.
$10 - $15
Mar 24, 2016
UNTAMED @ National Black Theatre
UNTAMED will be presented by the National Black Theatre (2031 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10035). Directed by Kaia Calhoun and Elizabeth Van Dyke. Seven (7) performances March 24 - 28, 2016.
$25
Dec 12, 2015
MY AMERICA TOO
Baltimore CenterStage (700 N Calvert St, Baltimore, MD 21202) will present PEACE OFFICER PRIVILEGE as a part of their My America Too event. Presented December 12 & 13, 2016 with talkback on Dec. 12th after the performance.
$?
Oct 19, 2015
Graduate Center of CUNY, Segal Theatre. 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016. Directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz. Community conversation to follow.
$0
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
RESOURCES
PEACE OFFICER PRIVILEGE @ NBT's production of UNTAMED, featuring Carolyn Michelle Smith, and MaameYaa Boafo
PEACE OFFICER PRIVILEGE @ NBT's production of UNTAMED, featuring Carolyn Michelle Smith, MaameYaa Boafo, and Ben Chase
Baltimore Center Stages' My America Too production of PEACE OFFICER, featuring actresses Kim Bey and Sheria Irving
PEACE OFFICER PRIVILEGE @ NBT's production of UNTAMED, featuring Carolyn Michelle Smith, and MaameYaa Boafo