Blue Door: A Play with Original Songs
- ISBN-10
- 0822222094
- ISBN-13
- 9780822222095
- Category
- African American theater
- Pages
- 60
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Dramatists Play Service Inc
- Author
- Tanya Barfield
Description
THE STORY: Lewis is a tenured professor of mathematics at a well-regarded university. Underneath his veneer of success, however, lies a soul troubled by questions of personal and cultural identity. When his wife leaves him, apparently due to the fa
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