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Sunset Johnson
by Ed Shockley




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About The Play

Drama.  1 male, 1 female.  About 10 minutes.  Suitable for high school and up. First performance:  $25.  Each additional performance:  $15.  Forensics license:  $20.  All licenses include permission to make copies of the script as necessary for production/competition.

Developed at American Concert Theatre (Phila.), Frank Silvera Writers Workshop (N.Y.) and African Continuum Theatre (DC).



Synopsis

Sunset Johnson is a young black soldier back home in Virginia from World War I. He is hiding in the woods ducking work on his father's farm. He happens upon a young white girl chasing butterflies and also ducking farm work. The two enjoy an innocent, witty and simultaneously dangerous flirtation.

 



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