
TWELVE
by Vincent Terrell Durham
Five mothers recount the loss of their Black sons over the course of several centuries.
TWELVE
TWELVE
Five mothers recount the loss of their Black sons over the course of several centuries.
TWELVE
Characters:
WEST AFRICAN WOMAN: Black, mid-to-late 20s, living in the year 1701.
SLAVE WOMAN: Black, mid-to-late 20s, living in the year 1810.
SHARECROPPER WOMAN: Black, mid-to-late 20s, living in the year 1931.
CHICAGO WOMAN: Black, mid-to-late 20s, living in the year 1955.
TODAY’S WOMAN: Black, mid-to-late 20s, living in the year 2022.
Setting:No specific setting, but each woman should be dressed to represent the era in which she lives.
Author
Vincent is an award-winning LA-based playwright, poet, and author born and raised in Binghamton, NY. His plays include MASKING OUR BLACKNESS (Winner, 2020 Samuel French Short Play Festival), POLAR BEARS, BLACK BOYS & PRAIRIE FRINGED ORCHIDS (2020 Semi-finalist, O’Neill), 61 UNUSED PAGES, THE FERTILE RIVER, TWELVE, and the short play collection VOL. 1—A POST-RACIAL AMERICA. His monologue “A Park For Children To Pretend In” has been published in... [FULL BIO]