HORSE POWER: TOM BASS’ AMERICAN STORY
by Michelle Tyrene Johnson
The story of Tom Bass, a Missourian born into slavery who would go on to become the greatest horseman of his time, and contemporary teenager Natalia (“Nate”) Edmonds who is inspired by Bass’ legacy.
- Cast Size: 4M 3W
- Running Time: Under an Hour
- Royalty Rate: $40 per performance
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About the Playwright
Michelle Tyrene Johnson is a senior producer at Louisville, Kentucky’s public radio station, a writer, and a former attorney. As a playwright, Johnson’s work has been staged nationally in readings and productions, including at the Obie Award-winning The Fire This Time Festival in NYC, the Pork Filled Productions Unleashed Festival in Seattle, Washington, the Florida Rep PlayLab Festival in Fort Myers, Florida, the KC Repertory Theatre’s reading series and its New Works Festival in Kansas City, Missouri, and Local Theatre’s PlayLab in Boulder, Colorado where her play was selected for a full production in the following season. Her commissioned play “Only One Day A Year” was selected for the Kennedy Center’s New Visions/New Voices Festival in 2020, was the recipient of a $30,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, and had its world premiere at Coterie Theatre in 2023. Johnson received her MFA in Writing with an emphasis on playwriting in May 2022 from the Naslund-Mann Graduate School of Writing at Spalding University. Additionally, Johnson is a fourth-generation Kansan and a devotee of soap operas, mystery novels, real R&B music, traveling, and nice yarn.
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