Slave Play
2018 play by Jeremy O. Harris / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Slave Play is a three-act play by Jeremy O. Harris[1] about race, sex, power relations, trauma, and interracial relationships.[2][3] It follows three interracial couples undergoing "Antebellum Sexual Performance Therapy" because the black partners no longer feel sexual attraction to their white partners. The title refers both to the history of slavery in the United States and to sexual slavery role-play.
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Written by | Jeremy O. Harris |
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Date premiered | November 19, 2018 (2018-11-19) |
Place premiered | New York Theatre Workshop |
Original language | English |
Subject | Racism, sexuality, power relations, trauma, interracial relationships |
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Harris originally wrote the play in his first year at the Yale School of Drama,[4][5] and it debuted on a major stage on November 19, 2018, in an Off-Broadway New York Theatre Workshop staging directed by Robert O'Hara. It opened on Broadway at the John Golden Theatre on October 6, 2019. In 2019, Slave Play was nominated for Best Play in the Lucille Lortel Awards,[6] and Claire Warden won an Outstanding Fight Choreography Drama Desk Award for her work in the play.[7] The play has been the center of controversy due to its themes and content.[8] At the 74th Tony Awards, Slave Play received 12 nominations, breaking the record set by the 2018 revival of Angels in America for most nominations for a non-musical play, though it did not receive any awards. The record was broken in 2024 when Stereophonic received 13 nominations.[9]