The Colored Museum: Contextual Chronology

Contextual Chronology

A contextual chronology provides a background for the play so that the members of the production will have resources to understand the text and the historical context under which it was written.

Dramaturgical Packet
Dramaturgical Presentation

Dramaturgical Packet
The dramaturgical packet was put together by director Aida Mbowa before the show had a dramaturg. However, it is an integral part of the production, which is why it is included here.

The Entire Dramaturgical Packet ^PDF is a low quality PDF file. Because the PDF isn't entirely clear, the pages are also available below in image format.

Listed by Page Number

The last pages of the dramaturgical packet were taken from George Wolfe's Biography.

Additional research for this packet included finding images of Ebony Magazine poses. All of the images below are © Ebony Magazine.

Dramaturgical Presentation
Although this presentation was not available to those who worked on the production, the dramaturgy class gave a chance to produce a presentation of the play.

This presentation would be given to those working on the play after their first reading of the text. Actors, designers, and the directors would all be present for this presentation.

In order to view this presentation, it has been formated in Adobe PDF. The Colored Museum contextual presentation ^PDF was originally produced in Microsoft PowerPoint. References and resources for the presentation can be found in the Presentation Bibliography.^PDF

© Kylie 'drago' McCormick, Mount Holyoke College '08.
Information last updated May 14, 2006. Page last updated 3 October 2009.

The Colored Museum Dramaturgical Production Notebook
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	A contextual chronology provides a background for the play so that the members of the production will have resources to understand the text and the historical context under which it was written. Dramaturgical Packet Dramaturgical Presentation Dramaturgical Packet The dramaturgical packet was put together by director Aida Mbowa before the show had a dramaturg. However, it is an integral part of the production, which is why it is included here. The Entire Dramaturgical Packet ^PDF is a low quality PDF file. Because the PDF isn't entirely clear, the pages are also available below in image format. Listed by Page Number Git on Board: Historical Outline of Slavery Git on Board: Historical Outline of Slavery Git on Board: Historical Outline/Middle Passage Git on Board: African Musicals: Spirituals Git on Board: Gospel Music Git on Board: Blues and Jazz Git on Board: Go Down, Moses, Faulkner, Drown Git on Board: Music of the Civil Rights Movement Git on Board: Lyrics: Nobody Knows and Summertime Git on Board: American Revolution Git on Board: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Great Depression Git on Board: How did Participation in America's War affect Black Americans? Git on Board: Martha and the Vandellas/Chronology of Malcom X Git on Board: Diahann Carrol/Four young girls in Sunday School/Martin Luther King, Jr. Git on Board: Supremes/Cookin' With Aunt Ethel: Aunt Jemima/Commercial Mammies Cookin' With Aunt Ethel: Fictional Mammies Cookin' With Aunt Ethel: Hattie McDaniel Photosession: Ebony Magazine/Essence Magazine/The Gospel According to Miss ROJ: Respect The Gospel According to Miss ROJ: Annette Funicello/Hairpiece: Afro Hairpiece: Relaxers/Racism and Relaxers Last Mama-on-the-Couch Play: A Raisin in the Sun/For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/Blackface Last Mama-on-the-Couch Play: Blackface continued/Lala's Opening: Josephine Baker Lala's Opening: Josephine Baker continued Lala's Opening: Josephine Baker continued/Symbiosis: Converse All-stars Symbiosis: Afro comb, Dashiki, Carmichael, Kenyatta, Summer, Pomade, Afrosheen, "Soul on Ice" Symbiosis: The Color Purple, "Purple Haze", "There's a riot goin' on", "I want you back" Symbiosis: "Fingertips Part 2", Free Angela, Free Bobby, Huey, Duey, and Louie Symbiosis: The Temptations/The Party: Picaninny Caricature The Party: Uncle Tom's Cabin, Nat Turner, Eartha Kitt The Party: Bert Williams The Party: Angela Davis, Fats Domino The Party: Eighty-eights, Stevie Wonder, Miles Davis The Party: Duke Ellington, Jimi Hendrix The Party: Sly Stone, Lightnin', Louis Armstrong The last pages of the dramaturgical packet were taken from George Wolfe's Biography. Additional research for this packet included finding images of Ebony Magazine poses. All of the images below are © Ebony Magazine. Dramaturgical Presentation Although this presentation was not available to those who worked on the production, the dramaturgy class gave a chance to produce a presentation of the play. This presentation would be given to those working on the play after their first reading of the text. Actors, designers, and the directors would all be present for this presentation. In order to view this presentation, it has been formated in Adobe PDF. The Colored Museum contextual presentation ^PDF was originally produced in Microsoft PowerPoint. References and resources for the presentation can be found in the Presentation Bibliography.^PDF
© Kylie 'drago' McCormick, Mount Holyoke College '08. Information last updated May 14, 2006. Page last updated 3 October 2009.

The Colored Museum Dramaturgical Production Notebook

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Dramaturgical Production Notebook