Plays by Steve Carter

this collection contains two full-length plays: DAME LORRAINE, HOUSE OF SHADOWS, a long one-act: ONE LAST LOOK and two short pieces: MIRAGE and TEA ON INAUGURATION DAY. DAME LORRAINE: Picton and Dorcas...ancient now...came to this country with an internal, eternal love that made them blind to the fact that the darker aspects of the elusive Dame Lorraine found homes in the hearts of their eight sons. Their first-born and only surviving male child comes home today after twenty-seven years in prison. Picton and Dorcas await him, thinking perhaps they should never have come here. Perhaps they never should have fallen in love. DAME LORRAINE was originally produced by the Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago. 2 M, 3 F. HOUSE OF SHADOWS: Two baby-faced, would-be criminals decide to rob the home of two women of advanced age who live in contention with their past, their present, their future, and each other. The brats get more than they've bargained for...including possible great futures behind bars in Joliet. HOUSE OF SHADOWS was originally produced by the Negro Ensemble, New York. 2 M, 2 F, plus 2 boys.