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.
Winner Best Play- 2020 Audelco Awards
Reparations, which first premiered at The Billie Holliday Theater in Brooklyn, will be performed this fall by the Gloucester Stage Company, at the Windhover Performing Arts Center, MA.
It will be directed by Myriam Cyr, and will run September 3 through September 19, 2021. You can find out more details and buy tickets below.
Thank you for your support and we look forward to having live theater back in the community!
REPARATIONS
Written By James Sheldon
Directed By Michele Shay
The Billie Holiday Theatre, Brooklyn
November 2019
Recent Reviews of Reparations
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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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’ 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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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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"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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