The America Play

The America Play

"The America Play" is a two-act play by Suzan-Lori Parks first produced in 1994 in San Francisco. The plot revolves around an unnamed African-American gravedigger who gains a measure of fame due to his uncanny resemblance to Abraham Lincoln. His fame comes from an attraction he runs that, for the cost of a penny, allows customers to take on the role of John Wilkes Booth and re-enact Lincoln's assassination.


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