| Was It Worth It? A one-act play |
The time: Somewhere in the afterlife
The setting: A card table
The stakes: Everything
The players: William Faulkner, Tennessee Williams, Richard Wright,
Muna Lee, and Eudora Welty
The story: Famous historical Mississippi writers meet at the card
table to discuss whether or not the controversial issues they wrote
about and the chances they took or didn't take were worth it.
People know them as pioneers of Southern Literature, but they were
also people like us, living life, striving for their dreams, whose words
for some spoke a bit too loudly for comfort; people who persevered
difficult times, such as Civil Rights, the Great Depression, addictions,
adultery, and loneliness, reaping from good and bad choices.
Most events discussed are historical and actual quotes are intertwined
with dialogue.
Props required: One table, one small table to hold typewriter, five
chairs
Play time: 40 minutes
The setting: A card table
The stakes: Everything
The players: William Faulkner, Tennessee Williams, Richard Wright,
Muna Lee, and Eudora Welty
The story: Famous historical Mississippi writers meet at the card
table to discuss whether or not the controversial issues they wrote
about and the chances they took or didn't take were worth it.
People know them as pioneers of Southern Literature, but they were
also people like us, living life, striving for their dreams, whose words
for some spoke a bit too loudly for comfort; people who persevered
difficult times, such as Civil Rights, the Great Depression, addictions,
adultery, and loneliness, reaping from good and bad choices.
Most events discussed are historical and actual quotes are intertwined
with dialogue.
Props required: One table, one small table to hold typewriter, five
chairs
Play time: 40 minutes
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Left to right: Daniel Lee (Tennessee Williams), Barry McMullan (William
Faulkner), Robert Ray (Richard Wright), Virginia Dawkins (Muna Lee),
Richelle Putnam (Eudora Welty). Back row: Emcee Ralph Gordon
Faulkner), Robert Ray (Richard Wright), Virginia Dawkins (Muna Lee),
Richelle Putnam (Eudora Welty). Back row: Emcee Ralph Gordon
| Photograph from debut performance at the 2009 Alabama Writers Conclave Writers Conference, The Hilton, Birmingham, AL |
For booking information
please call 601/880-1089
or email.
please call 601/880-1089
or email.
The crow flew so fast
That he left his lonely caws
Behind in the fields
Richard Wright
That he left his lonely caws
Behind in the fields
Richard Wright
A sheltered life can be daring life as well, for
all serious daring starts from within.
Eudora Welty
all serious daring starts from within.
Eudora Welty
I believe that man will not merely endure,
he will prevail.
William Faulkner
he will prevail.
William Faulkner
Snapshots from "Was it Worth It?"
Each year we grow more faded,
More hopeless,
More alike—
The houses, the park, and I.
Muna Lee
More hopeless,
More alike—
The houses, the park, and I.
Muna Lee
I came to be known as
Tennessee Williams and set
about on a life which has been
described by some, as one of an
itinerant genius.
Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams and set
about on a life which has been
described by some, as one of an
itinerant genius.
Tennessee Williams
| Snapshots from 2009 Tallahatchie Riverfest, Cine' Theatre New Albany, MS "Was It Worth It" 1st Place Winner Tallahatchie Riverfest Playwriting Competition |
"Was It Worth It?" writers/actors and the Tallahatchie River Players
(left to right, back row: Daniel Lee, Barry McMullan, Robert Ray, Richelle
Putnam. Now shown, Virginia Dawkins
(left to right front row Tallahatchie River Players: Malachi Baggett
(Tennessee Williams, Barry Wise (William Faulkner, Collin
Gates (Richard Wright), Jessica Jordan (Muna Lee) and Tammy
Wise (Eudora Welty.
(left to right, back row: Daniel Lee, Barry McMullan, Robert Ray, Richelle
Putnam. Now shown, Virginia Dawkins
(left to right front row Tallahatchie River Players: Malachi Baggett
(Tennessee Williams, Barry Wise (William Faulkner, Collin
Gates (Richard Wright), Jessica Jordan (Muna Lee) and Tammy
Wise (Eudora Welty.
Thank you, Tallahatchie River Players
You were awesome.
You were awesome.