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Taking control

Title
Taking control [videorecording] / Young Playwrights Inc., Nancy Quinn, artistic director, Sheri M. Goldhirsch, managing director, in association with Playwrights Horizons, Don Scardino, artistic director, Paul Daniels, managing director, presents ; [written] by Terrance Jenkins ; directed by Clinton Turner Davis ; [video prod. company] Character Generators, Inc. ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director.
Publication
New York, c1992.

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Additional Authors
  • Quinn, Nancy
  • Goldhirsch, Sheri M.
  • Scardino, Don
  • Daniels, Paul S.
  • Jenkins, Terrance
  • Davis, Clinton Turner, 1950-
  • Arcenas, Loy
  • Ward, Elsa
  • Dignan, Pat
  • Kalas, Janet
  • Watlington, Dennis, 1952-
  • Milligan, David A.
  • Llynn, Jana
  • Fernandez, Peter Jay
  • Graham, Elain, 1949-
  • Nelson, Novella
  • McClendon, Afi
  • Wilson, Felicia
  • Turpin, Bahni
  • Gilliam, Seth
  • Corwin, Betty L.
  • Playwrights Horizons (Theater : New York, N.Y.), producer
  • Character Generators/Video
  • New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive
  • Young Playwrights Festival, producer
Description
1 videodisc (DVD) (38 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Series Statement
Young Playwrights Festival 1992
Subject
  • African American families > Drama
  • African American men > Drama
  • African American women > Drama
  • Families, Black > United States > Drama
  • Family violence > Drama
  • Fathers and daughters > Drama
  • Man-woman relationships > Drama
  • Mothers and daughters > Drama
  • Teenage pregnancy > Drama
  • One-act plays
  • African American theater > New York (State) > New York
  • Theater > New York (State) > New York
  • Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 1991-2000
Genre/Form
Drama.
Note
  • This one-act play was produced as part of the 1992 Young Playwrights Festival. Videorecordings are available of the three other plays performed, The P. C. Laundromat (NCOV 1180), Mothers have nine lives (NCOV 1182), and Mrs. Neuberger's dead (NCOV 1183), all taped the same day as this play.
Access (note)
  • Restricted to qualified researchers.
Credits (note)
  • Sets by Loy Arcenas ; costumes by Elsa Ward ; lighting by Pat Dignan ; sound by Janet Kalas ; dramaturg, Dennis Watlington ; production manager, David A. Milligan ; prod. stage manager, Jana Llynn.
Performer (note)
  • Peter Jay Fernandez, Elain Graham, Novella Nelson, Afi McClendon, Felicia Wilson, Bahni Turpin, Seth Gilliam.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at Playwrights Horizons, New York, N.Y., Oct. 7, 1992.
Biography (note)
  • Established in 1981, the Young Playwrights Festival annually produces the work of writers from across the United States aged 18 and under.
Call Number
NCOV 1181
OCLC
897833273
Title
Taking control [videorecording] / Young Playwrights Inc., Nancy Quinn, artistic director, Sheri M. Goldhirsch, managing director, in association with Playwrights Horizons, Don Scardino, artistic director, Paul Daniels, managing director, presents ; [written] by Terrance Jenkins ; directed by Clinton Turner Davis ; [video prod. company] Character Generators, Inc. ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director.
Imprint
New York, c1992.
Series
Young Playwrights Festival 1992
Access
Restricted to qualified researchers.
Credits
Sets by Loy Arcenas ; costumes by Elsa Ward ; lighting by Pat Dignan ; sound by Janet Kalas ; dramaturg, Dennis Watlington ; production manager, David A. Milligan ; prod. stage manager, Jana Llynn.
Cast
Peter Jay Fernandez, Elain Graham, Novella Nelson, Afi McClendon, Felicia Wilson, Bahni Turpin, Seth Gilliam.
Event
Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at Playwrights Horizons, New York, N.Y., Oct. 7, 1992.
Biography
Established in 1981, the Young Playwrights Festival annually produces the work of writers from across the United States aged 18 and under.
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Added Author
Quinn, Nancy, producer.
Goldhirsch, Sheri M., producer.
Scardino, Don, producer.
Daniels, Paul S., producer.
Jenkins, Terrance. Taking control.
Davis, Clinton Turner, 1950- director.
Arcenas, Loy, set designer.
Ward, Elsa, costume designer.
Dignan, Pat, lighting designer.
Kalas, Janet, sound designer.
Watlington, Dennis, 1952- dramaturg.
Milligan, David A., production personnel.
Llynn, Jana., production stage manager.
Fernandez, Peter Jay, actor.
Graham, Elain, 1949- actor.
Nelson, Novella, actor.
McClendon, Afi, actor.
Wilson, Felicia, actor.
Turpin, Bahni, actor.
Gilliam, Seth, actor.
Corwin, Betty L.
Playwrights Horizons (Theater : New York, N.Y.), producer.
Young Playwrights Festival, producer.
Character Generators/Video.
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
Research Call Number
NCOV 1181
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