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Exploring social and theological themes,

cd llc’s scripts challenge, entertain, inform, and inspire

its audiences.

“Interest-Free” — 10-minute play based on the novel Due Season by Patricia Dugas, explores the ties that link Americans of African and European descent in the early 1950s in small-town, southern America.

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“Maria Theotokos” — Festival music drama, complete with contemporary language, original music, and dance. Tells the story of Jesus’ birth through the life of his mother, “Maria”. Inspires people to become all that God created them to be by birthing the promise(s) inside of them. With Mary’s life, we experience that even the most wonderful promise from God can begin with obstacles, including ostracism from family and friends. Book: Candi Dugas. Poets: Anthony Cook and Jordan Crawford. Music for Premiere Production: Nathaniel Williams, Johnetta Johnson Page, and Colette Coward.

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“My Side of the Story”— Through four African-American male defendants, explores several social “crimes.” Charges include impersonating the good will of a minister, not carrying one’s own weight as an American man, and trivializing the plight and stress of the African-American woman. Audience serves as the jury, judging guilt or innocence, and imposing sentences. Book: Candi Dugas.

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“Questions” — Delves into the life of Valerie, an African-American college junior who learns she is HIV positive amidst plans for her wedding and accepting honors as Collegian of the Year. As those closest to her deal with her disease, she deals with her past by contemplating suicide. Book: Candi Dugas.

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