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Welcome to the

AFRO-EXISTENTIAL PODCAST

where we present plays and host

discussions that explore life through an Afro-Existential lens and encourage you to

THINK OUTSIDE YOUR BOX.

Three plays by Blaine Teamer

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Pandora's Trunk

Pandora Washington has discovered the trunk that holds the truth about her adoption. Warned not to open the trunk because of the evils that lie within, Pandora not only opens it but plays in it, and introduces us to the characters that live inside.

However, there is only one person who knows the truth and that is her adoptive mother Audrey. Is Pandora really ready for what Audrey has kept a secret for all of these years?

PRODUCTION HISTORY

Los Angeles Theater Center,

New Shoes Entertainment

with Kim Fields and Indira Gibson

2003 (dir. Che'rae Adams)

National Black Theater Festival,

New Shoes Entertainment

*w/Indira Gibson and Tonya Pinkins

w/Fields and Indira Gibson

*2003, 2005 (dir. Che'rae Adams)

#Boxseats: A Los Angeles Story

Every 4th of July, the Grey family meets up at the Hollywood Bowl to see the grand performances and watch the amazing fireworks show. However, this year one family member decides to use the gathering as an opportunity to COME OUT and declare their own very special Independence Day.

The sparks fly and the real grand performance ends up happening offstage when egos, entitlement and edibles all clash in the family's private box seats.

DEVELOPMENT HISTORY

Reading, The Renberg Theater

Los Angeles, 2017

w/ Frances Fisher

(dir. Tonya Pinkins)

Reading, New York Theatre Workshop

New York, 2016

w/Tonya Pinkins

(dir. Tonya Pinkins)

Reading, National Black Theatre

Harlem, 2016

with Camille Saviola

(dir. Tonya Pinkins)

Pandora's Trunk

#Boxseats

Dead Wait

The full audio play

COMING SPRING 2021

PANDORA'S TRUNK