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PRODUCTIONS / READINGS / FESTIVALS
2020
THE JUNETEENTH THEATRE JUSTICE PROJECT - POLAR BEARS, BLACK BOYS & PRAIRIE FRINGED ORCHIDS
(PRESS - PLAYBILL)
(PRESS - BROADWAY WORLD)
(PRESS - BROADWAY WORLD)
(INTERVIEW - KQED)
SAMUEL FRENCH OFF OFF BROADWAY SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL - MASKING OUR BLACKNESS
(PRESS - PLAYBILL)
(OOB - WEBSITE)
GREAT PLAINS THEATRE CONFERENCE, PLAYLAB - THE FERTILE RIVER (GPTC - WEBSITE)
2019
THEATRE OF LIGHT - A CHANGE OF HEART
FACE IT! THEATRE / JOHN W. JONES MUSEUM FUNDRAISER - THE FERTILE RIVER
THE ROAD THEATRE PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL - VOL. 1, A POST RACIAL AMERICA
STANFORD REPERTORY THEATRE & PLANET EARTH ARTS 2019 SUMMER FESTIVAL -
POLAR BEARS, BLACK BOYS & PRAIRIE FRINGED ORCHIDS
(REVIEW - THE STANFORD DAILY)
(PRESS - STANFORD NEWS)
PLAYGROUND-SF - POLAR BEARS, BLACK BOYS & PRAIRIE FRINGED ORCHIDS
PLAYGROUND-SF - MISSISSIPPI GODDAMN
THEATRE OF LIGHT - TRASH DAY
2018
FACE IT! THEATRE - THE FERTILE RIVER
HIGHWAYS PERFORMANCE SPACES - MCCORMICK/DURHAM VOL. 1, A POST RACIAL AMERICA
SKYLIGHT THEATRE (reading) - THE FERTILE RIVER
PLANET EARTH ARTS PLAY FESTIVAL - SHOOTING AT THE UNIVERSE
ALAP PRIDE FESTIVAL (reading) - BABY BLACK JESUS - PLAY ONE
FADE TO BLACK FESTIVAL -HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, WITH THE LORD
2017
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY - THE FERTILE RIVER (INTERVIEW - BAYLOR LARIAT)
FACE IT! THEATRE (reading) - THE FERTILE RIVER (INTERVIEW - WSKG)
SUMMER SHORTCUTS VIII - TRASH DAY (PRESS - THE DAILY STAR)
BEST OF PICK OF THE VINE - TRASH DAY (PRESS - PAUL MYRVOLD'S THEATRE NOTES)
ALAP PRIDE FESTIVAL (reading) - BABY BLACK JESUS - PLAY 4
2016
ACME HOLLYWOOD THEATRE - THE FERTILE RIVER
TST - IN RESPONSE II - A MOTHER'S CRY - TOMATOES, TOMAHTOES -
A CONCERN OF NAT'L INTEREST (REVIEW - LA TIMES)
THAT UPPITY THEATRE COMPANY / BRIEFS - BABY BLACK JESUS - PLAY 3
FADE TO BLACK READING SERIES - NOW
2015
THE OTHER SPACE (reading) - THE FERTILE RIVER
TST - IN RESPONSE - A CONCERN OF NATIONAL INTEREST
200 MILES OFF BROADWAY - A CHANGE OF HEART
PICK OF THE VINE 2015 PLAY FESTIVAL -TRASH DAY
2014
TST 10 - MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL- NOW AWARD RECIPIENT
8 TENS @ 8 / 20TH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL - A CHANGE OF HEART
NAACP THEATRE FESTIVAL - A BAREFOOTED EASTER
2013
THE MAGIC MIRROR THEATRE- DRAW ME HAPPY
MONDAY NIGHT - PLAYGROUND-LA
2017 - 2018 SEASON
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, WITH THE LORD
BABY BLACK JESUS - PLAY 1
2016 - 2017 SEASON
A PLACE FOR CHILDREN TO PRETEND IN
BABY BLACK JESUS - PLAY 4 PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD
SHOOTING AT THE UNIVERSE
2015 - 2016 SEASON
A NEW HAPPILY EVER AFTER PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD
X O X O X O
TOMATOES, TOMAHTOES
2014 - 2015 SEASON
FIRE AND BRIMSTONE
HOW MANY TIMES CAN YOU VISIT PARIS
BABY BLACK JESUS - PLAY 3 PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD
IF IT'S YELLOW LET IT MELLOW
2013 - 2014 SEASON
A BAREFOOTED EASTER
A CHANGE OF HEART PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD
SASSY BLACK GIRL
SPECIAL EVENTS
BETTER BROTHERS-LA 2018 TRUTH AWARDS - GAY BLACK BOYHOOD - A CELEBRATION
DISNEY ABC 2017 NEW TALENT SHOWCASE - NYC - TRASH DAY (PRESS - BROADWAY WORLD)
6th ANNUAL SALLY BELL MENTOR GROUP POETRY EVENT - BLACK WOMEN TALKING
BETTER BROTHERS-LA 2016 TRUTH AWARDS - YOUR FEAR OF WHAT I AM
AWARDS/RECOGNITION
GPTC PLAYLABS - 2020 SELECTED WORK, THE FERTILE RIVER.
NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK - 2019 FINALIST, POLAR BEARS, BLACK BOYS & PRAIRIE FRINGED ORCHIDS.
(PRESS - BROADWAY WORLD)
LANFORD WILSON AWARD - 2019 NOMINEE
PRESS
PRESS - DRAMATISTS GUILD - BY JOSH GERSHICK #1
PRESS - DRAMATISTS GUILD - BY JOSH GERSHICK #2
YOUTUBE VIDEOS
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TARGETS OF CHOICE
BLACK WOMEN TALKING
IYANLA FIX MY BREAKFAST
Vincent Terrell Durham is a playwright, author and poet. His stage plays have entertained audiences from Los Angeles to the Catskills. He writes to pay honor to the Johnson family, the best storytellers a little Black boy could ever wish for. A member of PlayGround-LA Writers Pool from 2013 to 2018, he is a five-time Best of PlayGround-LA finalist and recipient of a PlayGround-Planet Earth Arts co-commission, currently titled Polar Bears, Black Boys & Prairie Fringed Orchids, which will be developed at the 2019 PlayGround Festival of New Works this spring and at Stanford University this summer. Vincent is a proud Dramatis Guild member.