Reparations
Set in New York 2018
A recently widowed white book editor invites a younger black writer to her apartment, only to find that a night of tenderness and passion turns into a brutal morning-after when he threatens to reveal a dark secret about her past unless she publishes his debut novel.
Will the young writer succeed in his blackmail attempt and claim his reparations for a life of perceived racial injustice, or will she force his hand and seize her own emotional reparations.
REPARATIONS
Written By James Sheldon
Directed By Michele Shay
The Billie Holiday Theatre, Brooklyn
November 2019
Winner Best Play- 2020 Audelco Awards
Recent Reviews of Reparations
‘Reparations’ demonstrates the theft of innocence
Review: Amsterdam News Linda Armstrong 11/14/19 The Billie Holiday Theatre in Brooklyn has always proven itself to be a treasured,...
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Heart-Tugging Production, ‘Reparations,’ Makes World Debut
by C. Zawadi Morris, BK Reader I’m going to get straight to the point: Run, go see James Sheldon’s “Reparations,” showing now at The...
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Reparations: Revenge, Retribution, Regret, & Resurrection
Sandi Durell's Theater Pizzazz. Review by Michael Tingley A tall, wooden sailboat sits on the coffee table of a meticulously...
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"Reparations" at the Billie
Review by Jonathan Kalb. James Sheldon’s Reparations is a new play about racial grievance, guilt and retribution in America that, oddly...
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In ‘Reparations,’ Righting Wrongs Comes With a Cost
By Elisabeth Vincentelli, NY Times 11/6/2019 James Sheldon’s play examines what happens when trauma is used to material ends. The new...
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Reparations- Show-Score Reviews
Show Score are honest reviews by theater goers. Here's a sample of what they say about the new play by James Sheldon at the Billie...
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