The Face of Emmett Till
By Mamie Till-Mobley and David Barr III
The Face of Emmett Till is a play that needs 10 or more performers (3 women, 7 men). Licensed by Dramatic Publishing.
- Type
- play
- Cast size
- 10 or more performers
- Roles
- 3 women, 7 men
- Cast notes
- 7m., 3w. (Male characters can be 7 to 9. Doubling possible.)
- Recommended level
- High school
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- thriller
- Licensor
- Dramatic Publishing
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Synopsis
On August 28, 1955, Emmett Till was brutally murdered. Fifty years later, on June 2, 2005, the F.B.I. reopened the case. The Face of Emmett Till is a true-to-life dramatization of the death of 14-year-old Emmett Till, a Chicago teenager who, while visiting relatives in Money, Miss., was kidnapped, tortured and murdered by two white men who claimed they wanted to teach him a lesson for "allegedly" whistling at a local white woman. The horror and the brutality of this crime were magnified even mor
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