Jacqueline E. Lawton
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For play inquiries, please contact:
Michael Finkle
 William Morris Endeavor
 212.903.1144  
[email protected]
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Blood-bound and Tongue-tied

Synopsis 
Blood-bound and Tongue-tied is an intriguing and poetic adaptation of the Oedipus Rex myth. Set in Texas during the depression, the play follows the astonishing journey of Jocasta, an African-American woman who passes for white and shuns her entire past when she falls in love with, Laius, a successful White politician. With the birth of their son, Oedipus, Jocasta's lies instigate a wave of bloodshed and carnage on the African American community. Blood-bound and Tongue-tied is a provocative and riveting new play, which demonstrates the detrimental and lasting effects that racism and self-hatred can have on the social mobility, psychological conditioning, and personal identification of African Americans in the United States. 


Cast Break Down 
2W/3M 


Character Descriptions
Jocasta (16-42): Black, light-skinned, she passes for white and is determined to improve the quality of life for blacks. 

Laius (23-39): White, brilliant lawyer, loves Jocasta desperately, irrationally. 

Creon (17-43): Black, brown-skinned, loves his sister dearly, but doesn’t approve of her decision to pass. 

Jenna (21-44): White, lovely, Southern, racist and very much in love with Laius. 

Oedipus (16-24): Mixed-Raced, brown-skinned, the son of Laius and Jocasta, leader of the Black Renegades. 


Development History
  • World Premiere Production at the Strand Theater Company (Baltimore, MD), March 23-April 7, 2012 
  • Workshop Production at the Strand Theater Company (Baltimore, MD) - June 2, 11, and 15, 2011 
  • New Play Development Workshop and Reading at Classical Theater of Harlem (Harlem, NY) - April 2011 
  • New Play Development Workshop and Reading at Rorschach Theatre Company (Washington, DC) - February 2007 
  • New Play Reading at World Interplay Festival (Townsville, Australia) - July 2003 
  • Conceived at the Kennedy Center’s Playwright’s Intensive (Washington, DC) - July 2002
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    • New Play Development
    • Production Dramaturgy
    • Dramaturgy and Script Consultation
    • Additional Resources
  • Advocacy
    • Appearances
    • Facilitation, Workshops, and Trainings
    • Gender Equity
    • Theatre Action >
      • After Orlando
      • Climate Change
      • Every 28 Hour Plays
    • Testimonials
  • Teaching
    • Qualifications
    • Curriculum Development, Theatre Arts Integration and Teaching Artist Training
    • Philosophy
    • Experience
  • Producing
    • ARDEO
    • On Stage with the Migration Series
    • Out of Silence: Abortion Stories from the 1 in 3 Campaign
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    • Good Ink
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