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PURE CONFIDENCE
By Carlyle Brown
A
READING
New Dramatists
424 West 44th Street
Between 9th & 10th Avenues
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007 @ 7pm
Richard
Hopkins
Artistic Director, Florida Studio Theatre.
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With
Gavin Lawrence ..
Simon Cato
William Parry .
Colonel Wiley Johnson
Maureen Silliman
Mattie Johnson
Heather Alicia Simms
.. Caroline
Ron Riley ..
Auctioneer/ Reporter
John Horton ..
Dewitt/Clerk
Barbara McCulloh ..................................
Stage Directions
SYNOPSIS:
The high-stakes
world of Civil War-era horse racing is the stage for this riveting drama of
slavery and Reconstruction. Both Simon Cato, a smart, cocky colored jockey,
and his horse Pure Confidence, are owned by Colonel Wiley Johnson. Cato uses
his wits and his championship winnings to buy his and his wifes freedom. But
the Civil War changes everything and the passage of time doesnt bring Cato the
success he expects in this surprisingly funny, daring and emotionally moving
look at the complexity or race, humanity, love and dignity in the second half of
the nineteenth century. With a vivid backdrop of fast horses, gritty racetracks
and high stakes betting, Pure Confidence is an extraordinary tale of
human triumphs and failings that explores the true meaning of freedom.
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