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James Sheldon Plays

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.

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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.

Photos by Dex R. Jones

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Gloucester Stage Company, MA

Reparations, which first premiered at The Billie Holliday Theater in Brooklyn, was performed in the fall of 2021 by the Gloucester Stage Company, at the Windhover Performing Arts Center, MA.

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Winner - "Best Play 2021"

by Broadway World - Boston

Read The Reviews Below

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REPARATIONS

Written By James Sheldon

Directed By Michele Shay

The Billie Holiday Theatre, Brooklyn

November 2019

Audelco Awards

Winner - "Best Play 2020"

Recent Reviews of Reparations

Gloucester Stage Wraps Outdoor Season with Thought-Provoking ‘Reparations’

Review by Michael Hoban, New England TheaterMirror.net 9/8/2021 If you’re considering seeing the Gloucester Stage production of...

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‘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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The Revelations Come Fast and Furious In ‘Reparations’

By Jacquinn Sinclair Boston Globe correspondent, Updated September 10, 2021 In Gloucester Stage Company’s “Reparations,” Reg Ambrose, a...

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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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Reparations Unloads Surprises But Avoids Moral

Keith Powers, Correspondent at Metro West Daily News 9/10/21 Treachery, bombshell disclosures and unexpected confrontations - James...

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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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