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Just Us Sistuhs! - Keepin' It Real!

Just Us Sistuhs! - Keepin' It Real! is a play that was written quite a few years ago. It began as simple dialogue between a group of women, and morphed into what it is today. Act I was selected as the 1st place entry in Clark-Atlanta University's Anual Creative Writing Competition - Community Drama Division. The following year, Act II received the same distinctive 1st place honors.

I offer for you now selected excerpts from my play, Just Us Sistuhs! - Keepin' It Real! (Click on the images below to read the excerpts).

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This first excerpt introduces you to the five women who meet for the first time as part of a group meeting sponsored by the National African American Women's Coalition. The women have come together for the day to learn about one another and see if they have what it takes to become mentors.

Just Us Sistuhs! - Keepin' It Real! is about dealing with confrontations. In this next excerpt, Bobbi combats Shante's prejudicial views towards her husband, and the outcome is explosive. Read on.

In this final excerpt, we find the women sitting around talking about a subject that would drive most any person -- man or woman -- up the wall: being stood up.