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No Place to Be Somebody

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Synopsis

In NO PLACE TO BE SOMEBODY a black bartender in New York City attempts to outwit a white mobster syndicate. The play received the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Charles Gordone’s Pulitzer signified two firsts: he was the first African American playwright to receive a Pulitzer, and NO PLACE TO BE SOMEBODY was the first Off-Broadway play to receive the Pulitzer.

Character Breakdown

GABE GABRIEL- a young, fair skinnes Black man
SHANTY MULLIGAN- a young White man
JOHNNY WILLIAMS- a young Black man
DEE JACOBSON- a young White woman
EVIE AMES- a young Black woman
CORA BEASLEY- a young Black woman
MELVIN SMELTZ- a young Black man
MARY LOU BOLTON- a White girl
ELLEN- a White girl
SWEETS CRANE- an elderly Black man
MIKE MAFFUCCI- a young White man
JUDGE BOLTON- a middle aged White man
MACHINE DOG- a young Black man (in Johnny's imagination)
HARRY- a Black detective
LOUIS- a young White man