My name is Emmanuel, and it means “GOD with us”. I was born on the 25th of December. The day everyone all over the world calls, Christmas day. I was only eight years old when Read More
Dec 212010
Plays – Stage
Nov 152010
Every day we sleep and dream. Sometimes we dream dreams we never wish to wake up from. (long pause) The truth is simple… we need to wake up from sleep… and face life. Life could turn out a wonderful dream too. We just have to take our chances.
(She is enthralled and enraptured at the sight of the rainbow lights. Paul, a young man close to his prime, enters from backstage unnoticed and watches her with amusement. As soon she turns and notices him, he becomes expressionless.)
Oct 262010
ACT 5 V: I One year later SCENE ONE IN MUNA’S MATERNAL HOME (Uju and Nze Amadi) NZE AMADI: Uju, you should have known better; live by experience. Experience is the pathway to a successful Read More
Oct 242010
NOTE: THIS IS MY VERY FIRST AND LOUSY ATTEMPT AT RADIO PLAY WRITING (I SAY “LOUSY” BECAUSE IT DIDN’T EVEN QUALIFY FOR A PARTICULAR RADIO PLAY WRITING COMPETITION I SUBMITTED IT FOR. IT’S GOOD BECAUSE Read More
Oct 212010
ACT 4 IV: I SCENE ONE IN KING’s HOUSE (Enter Eze Obika, Ugo Eze and Ezenna) EZE OBIKA: In front of my Chiefs, I was shamefully embarrassed. My daughter is having an affair with an Read More
Oct 162010
ACT 3 III: 1 SCENE ONE: IN MUNA’S COMPOUND (Enter Muna and Cheta) CHETA: (He looks up in the sky) All these are the beauties of the earth; the birds that spread their wings and Read More
Oct 142010
P: Trust me. I know what I’m doing.
R: Pastor!
P: Don’t worry your little head.
R: Pastor, what are you doing?
P: I want to give you blessings from God.
Oct 122010
There are different types of trees, weeds and all sorts of greens. There is also a narrow walk way along the grasses. There are some little huts in this scene. It is a very quite place except for the sounds made by birds and other animals.
Sep 302010
ACT I SCENE: ONE IN THE KING’S SITTING ROOM (Enter Eze Obika and Ezenna) The style of the furnishing is quite fashionable type. There are four leather chairs, a round glass table in the middle Read More
Sep 152010
EZE OBIKA: A wise man changes his mind sometimes, a fool never. KACHI: Oh yes! You know it’s a fool that never changes EZE OBIKA: Kachi it’s over, because you cannot leave this vicinity again. Read More
Sep 082010
A: I told you I would come.
B: But, your wife…
A: Don’t worry.
B: But, sir, what are you doing here at my parents’ house?
Sep 042010
MICHELLE: I’m pregnant for you.
MICHAEL: I knew that.
MICHELLE: What would I tell my husband?
MICHAEL: What would I tell my wife?
MICHELLE: What colour of skin would it have? Mine or yours?
MICHAEL: I don’t know. There could be two or more in you.
MICHELLE: How do you feel about this?
MICHAEL: I don’t know.
MICHELLE: What would your people say about this?
Aug 292010
(a play for young adults) NOTE: Intellectual discretion is needed for the direction and setting of this play. Scene One CHARACTERS Dennis’s mother [DeM] Dennis’s father [DeF] DeF: [enters] Your son! Your only son!! Your Read More
Aug 242010
[A real refuse dump is set on stage. A man bedecked in filthy rags is found sleeping on top of this refuse dump. After a while, a well-dressed, well-kempt man enters the stage, smoking profusely. The mode and code of his dressing should be determined either by the Thespian involved or the costume manager. This well-dressed man talks throughout this short play until he leaves the stage.]
2ND MAN: [relishes in his smoking as he saunters in] Oh yes! I have only an hour or so to myself before I head back to my office. I have given my secretary fifteen minutes break. It is good to be your own boss, with people working under you.
Aug 152010
CHARACTERS BINTU: She is a divorcee who has to suffer a lot of abuse and difficulties in single-handedly raising her child without a helping hand from her husband, Sakau, who divorced her under the pretext Read More
Jul 292010
O: We have brought you here to ask you questions about this article of yours, this polemic. Sorry that we have to put you in chains. We are just taking pre-cautionary measures to ensure that Read More
Jul 262010
I am Emeka, a fully-educated chief accountant at Allied Bank. The Eastern blood runs through my veins and arteries. (pause) I cannot really blame my personal assistant and my secretary for thinking that I am too fussy. But I cannot help myself for trying to be different from the rest. While others did not give a hoot about the condition of their offices, I have always kept mine clean. And made sure of that, too. And no matter how many bad reports I give about my secretary and personal assistant at the end of each year, this never really stopped their promotions and annual increment.
Jun 182010
The Naked People Characters in the play Igwe the king Amadi Ijere members of the king’s cabinet Okoro Ulu Mma three friends Nkiru Ijeoma Amaka Pastor Whiteman Extras ACT ONE SCENE ONE (Stage is in Read More
Jun 182010
I salute you, my peoples, I formally greet At this point, at this place, we finally meet Watch and observe, ye eyes of this nation And be sole witnesses of this confrontation — (Three middle-aged Read More
Jun 142010
(In a large dining room of a bungalow. The dining table has three pairs of chairs facing each other and another pair at the head and tail ends of the table. A lady probably in her late twenties is found busy setting the table up for a meal. A clock facing the audience strikes ten. This lady is clad with an over-tight outfit: a very tight, tiger-coloured body-hug blouse, a tight pair of white jeans shorts with a huge black belt, and a pair of black platform shoes intended to heighten her. She stops momentarily to look up slightly in thought. Then, she goes to a gate-leg table and lights a Benson & Hedges.)