THE COLORED MUSEUM

The Colored Museum is a play by the African American dramatist George C. Wolfe. It had its premiere in 1986 at The Crossroads Theatre in New Brunswick, NJ and won its author the Dramatists Guild Award in the same year.

"The Colored Museum" was written in 1985 during the post-Vietnam War era. The beginning takes place on an airplane which is ever so exactly traveling through time. The airplane visits different museum exhibits, each which displays African-American culture and history from the time they were brought to America as slaves all the way through nearly recent times. Each exhibit displays a different event or lifestyle in different parts of the country in different eras.

The Colored Museum examines the honor and desire of African-American people to escape centuries of suffering that have been a continuous source of baggage.

2005 - DETROIT FREE PRESS THEATRE EXCELLENCE AWARD
Play - THE COLORED MUSEUM - Nominated - Best Actress

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[missionalgirl]

A theater company brought this play to my school when I was in 7th or 8th grade and I never forgot it. Thanks for posting!

[Deal39]

Bravo!