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Bereaved and infuriated, the dead girl's father posts a sign accusing the entire community of cowardice in the face of escalating violence. An incendiary drama by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Soldier's Play.
Zooman and the Sign is an Obie Award-winning play by Charles Fuller. Set in Philadelphia in 1979, the play focuses on the murder of a 12-year-old African American girl in front of many local witnesses who refuse to reveal the killer despite the family's attempts for justice.
Aug 17 - 20 2023. Zooman and the Sign. Theatre in the X. Malcolm X Park Get Directions. GET TICKETS. Set in Philadelphia in 1979, Zooman senselessly terrorizes his community. When he kills a 12-year-old Black girl on the street, all witnesses refuse to talk.
In Zooman and the Sign (1980) Fuller presented a father’s search for the killer of his daughter. A Soldier’s Play follows the investigation by a Black army captain of the murder of a Black soldier at a base in Louisiana.
She is a two time Big Easy Award nominee, 2020 “Best Supporting Actress” A Raisin in the Sun, and 2023 “Best Performance in a Play” The Family Line, as well as 2023 award winner “Best Play” The Family Line.
The play, set in Philadelphia, begins with a rapping monologue delivered by the jive-talking “Zooman,” Lester Johnson, a teenage thug who has just killed a little girl...
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Jun 28, 2024 · So, rants 15-year-old Lester Johnson (nicknamed Zooman) at the start of this powerful revival of playwright Charles Fuller’s (1939-2022) shattering 1980 Philadelphia-set Black family drama, Zooman and the Sign.
