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James Ijames. Photo by Kim Carson.<\/p><\/div>\n

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James Ijames is a Philadelphia-based actor and playwright. A founding member of Orbiter 3 Playwright Producing Collective, a member of the InterAct Core Writers Group, and a mentor for The Foundry, he is a recipient of the F. Otto Haas Award for an Emerging Artist, the Terrence McNally New Play Award for\u00a0WHITE<\/em>,\u00a0and the 2015 Kesselring Honorable Mention Prize for\u00a0The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington<\/em>. He is an Independence Foundation Fellow and a 2015 Pew Fellow. He received a BA in Drama from Morehouse College and a MFA in Acting from Temple University, and is Assistant Professor of Theatre at Villanova University. He lives in South Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

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An excerpt from\u00a0<\/em>The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington:<\/em><\/p>\n

(Music. Lights. The room suddenly becomes something of a vodun ceremony. Dancing that spins through the space. The Chorus becomes possessed. Martha rushes back to her bed. First moment of Real Terror. Red streaks of light flash across the room. The sound and frenzy build to a climax. Martha hides below the covers. Big finish! Silence. The Chorus disappears. A few seconds later, Martha emerges from beneath the covers. Sitting at a desk we see MR. LAWYER MAN. He is dressed in contemporary suit. He is looking over stacks and stacks of files.)<\/em><\/p>\n

MARTHA<\/p>\n

Sucky Boy?<\/p>\n

MR. LAWYER MAN<\/p>\n

No Ma\u2019am.<\/p>\n

MARTHA<\/p>\n

Who are you?<\/p>\n

MR. LAWYER MAN<\/p>\n

Mr. Lawyer Man. (clipped)<\/em> Evening. It\u2019s a huge honor. I\u2019m a big fan. You look great.<\/p>\n

MARTHA<\/p>\n

\u2026 Thank you \u2026 but you\u2019re \u2026 (whispering)<\/em> You\u2019re a negra.<\/p>\n

MR. LAWYER MAN<\/p>\n

Yes.<\/p>\n

MARTHA<\/p>\n

So you can\u2019t be a lawyer\u2014<\/p>\n

MR. LAWYER MAN<\/p>\n

\u2014Weeeeeeeeeeell technically\u2014<\/p>\n

MARTHA<\/p>\n

Would you please get out of my bedroom?<\/p>\n

MR. LAWYER MAN<\/p>\n

I have been hired to come and help you with the state of your estate.<\/p>\n

MARTHA<\/p>\n

But I\u2019m not dead.<\/p>\n

MR. LAWYER MAN<\/p>\n

That is inconvenient, isn\u2019t it. Now \u2026 it is my advice to you\u00a0\u2026 as legal counsel for the deceased, one Mister \u2026 (checks his files)<\/em> George Washington. That you, being his most direct benefactor, should with all deliberate speed and effectiveness, free the slaves that have been, from the moment of his death, under your charge and care. Ab Initio of the activation of Mr. Washington\u2019s Last Will and Testament, the circumstances of the living property of Mount Vernon have (searches for the best word)<\/em> shifted.<\/p>\n

MARTHA<\/p>\n

What?!<\/p>\n

MR. LAWYER MAN<\/p>\n

Henceforth and such and such, it would serve the de facto slaveholder, uh that\u2019s you, Mrs. Washington, to be rid of the slaves the aforementioned slaveholder is currently keeping, clothing, and feeding. Shelter is running out, as Mount Vernon has accommodations for no more than one hundred and sixty slaves, give or take the baby in the dresser drawer upstairs. I have done an extensive review of the plantation\u2019s assets. In addition to the aforementioned expense of said slaves, I give a further caution. I am concerned about the protection and well being of the slaveholder in the absentia of Mr. Washington. The slaves\u2019 awareness of the circumstances surrounding their future emancipation has created a heightened state of hostility between the aforementioned Mrs. Washington and said slaves.<\/p>\n

MARTHA<\/p>\n

You\u2019re good! What does all of that mean?<\/p>\n

MR. LAWYER MAN<\/p>\n

Ipso facto \u2026\u00a0get rid of \u2019em fo they get rid of you?<\/p>\n

MARTHA<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the advice!?<\/p>\n

MR. LAWYER MAN<\/p>\n

Well yes.<\/p>\n

MARTHA<\/p>\n

No.<\/p>\n

MR. LAWYER MAN<\/p>\n

Great so \u2026\u00a0wait \u2026 No?<\/p>\n

MARTHA<\/p>\n

That\u2019s right.<\/p>\n

MR. LAWYER MAN<\/p>\n

But uh\u2014<\/p>\n

MARTHA<\/p>\n

(matter-of-factly)<\/p>\n

\u2014That\u2019s the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. Do you suggest that I take to plowing fields and washing floors as well? Who\u2019s going to take care of me?!<\/p>\n

(Mr. Lawyer Man stares blankly at her. \u201cIs she serious?\u201d)<\/em><\/p>\n

MARTHA<\/p>\n

Why are you looking at me like that?<\/p>\n

MR. LAWYER MAN<\/p>\n

You really think you need two hundred slaves to take care of you?<\/p>\n

MARTHA<\/p>\n

Yes.<\/p>\n

MR. LAWYER MAN<\/p>\n

Well, as your lawyer I suggest\u2014<\/p>\n

MARTHA<\/p>\n

\u2014George! He sent you! Where is he?<\/p>\n

MR. LAWYER MAN<\/p>\n

Mr. Washington is currently indisposed.<\/p>\n

MARTHA<\/p>\n

INDISPOSED!<\/p>\n

MR. LAWYER MAN<\/p>\n

Easy now.<\/p>\n

MARTHA<\/p>\n

Well! I never! In all my \u2026\u00a0How am I supposed to function without slaves? I\u2019m an old woman.<\/p>\n

MR. LAWYER MAN<\/p>\n

Old Uncle Ned is old. He\u2019s older than you in fact and yet…he manages to make his own breakfast eeeeeeeeeeevery morning and pick his own tobacco eeeeeeeeeeevry day. And bring you breakfast eeeeeeeeeeevery day. Doesn\u2019t it seem strange to you that you can\u2019t do the same…seems strange, Martha…seems strange.<\/p>\n

MARTHA<\/p>\n

If memory serves me correctly, George didn\u2019t seem to mind Ned shining his boots.<\/p>\n

MR. LAWYER MAN<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not at liberty to discuss Mr. Washington\u2019s morals. But…can\u2019t a man change his mind? Can\u2019t a man see the error of his ways? Hindsight, Martha. Hindsight!<\/p>\n

MARTHA<\/p>\n

You expect me to free them…all of them?<\/p>\n

(Mr. Lawyer Man checks his file \u2026\u00a0beat.)<\/em><\/p>\n

MR. LAWYER MAN<\/p>\n

Yes, that would be correct.<\/p>\n

MARTHA<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know. Why didn\u2019t he do this when he was alive?<\/p>\n

MR. LAWYER MAN<\/p>\n

It seems Mr. Washington required a large support infrastructure. Running a new nation and all–<\/p>\n

MARTHA<\/p>\n

\u2014No really. Now that it\u2019s just me it\u2019s a splendid idea. Do I have that right?<\/p>\n

MR. LAWYER MAN<\/p>\n

Do the right thing, Martha.<\/p>\n

MARTHA<\/p>\n

I quite like my life. I think I shall keep it exactly the way it is.<\/p>\n

MR. LAWYER MAN<\/p>\n

Do you think that\u2019s\u00a0\u2026 wise.<\/p>\n

MARTHA<\/p>\n

\u2026 Yes\u2026<\/p>\n

MR. LAWYER MAN<\/p>\n

Your call. Oh! Will you look at the time. I have to scoot \u2026<\/p>\n

MARTHA<\/p>\n

Where are you going \u2026 you \u2026 just got here. Don\u2019t you want to \u2026 stay a while?<\/p>\n

MR. LAWYER MAN<\/p>\n

No can do.<\/p>\n

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