Clara Brown shoos away the buzzing in her ear
Genre: Historical drama, biographical, monologue
Synopsis: While entrepreneur CLARA BROWN washes her customers’ laundry, she gets an unwelcome visit from the wealthy pioneers of Colorado. As a self-manumitted woman, she balances humility with self-determination in light of her white neighbors’ advice on how she should spend her money. She knows they think she is frivolous. Can she convince them that, with the end of slavery, she knows what she’s doing?
Character:
CLARA BROWN, 66 years old, African American woman
Place: CLARA BROWN’s cabin, Mountain City (now called Central City), Colorado
Time: Spring 1866
PROP LIST
Laundry apron
Laundry tub