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Introduction Platanos and Collard Greens was produced in the Sonja Haynes Stone in midtown Manhattan, and directed by Summer Hill Seven. Its debut was on June 27th, 2003 mid town Manhattan. Along with performing in the theatre they also have a collegiate tour across the United States. The show has been running for seven seasons now. Background

	David Lamb was the creator of this play. He was born and raised in Queens and attended Hunter College, Princeton University, and New York University. He landed a job on Wall Street and began his career as an entrepreneur on the right track. He wanted to reach out to his community and spread a message that needed to be heard.

        The producer is Jamiliah Lamb which is David’s wife. She also took part of the creation of Platanos and Collard Greens. She was in charge of the production company. She worked hard along with her husband to promote community service. It is their true passion to create stories that their communities can relate to. Their main goal is to reach out to everyone in their community; they don’t have a specific age group. Not only do they have a colligate tour, but they perform in some high schools as well. Mr. Lamb believes that the earlier he spreads his message, it will make an impact on the young people. The main message of the play is that we as humans do not need to fit the stereotypes society throws at us. Everyone should be allowed to love anyone no matter what their race is.

Platanos and Collard Greens is a modern comedic version of Romeo and Juliet. It derives from David Lamb's novel "Do platanos go wit' collard greens?”, published September 3,1994. It is about a love story between a young African American man named Freeman, and a young Dominican woman named Angelita. These two young adults suffer the hardships of being a biracial couple and their families not approving of it no matter what. This play goes into detail on issues that are occurring now a days in society, not having the opportunity to date outside of your race, and sticking to the norm even though that's not what they really wanted. Productions This play debuted on Broadway in the Sonja Haynes Stone Center in New York on June 27, 2003, it was written by David Lamb, was directed by Summer Hill Seven, and staged by Doni Comas. The collegiate tour began on October 8, 2003 and performed in colleges across the United States to 200 colleges from California to Texas. In 2010 it also premiered in the Florence Guild Theatre in Manhattan. It also made an appearance in the Mason Hall Theatre in Baruch College. Synopsis

           Freeman and Angelita are two students who attend Hunter College. They fall in love the minute they meet each other, they hit it off from there. They find it to be completely normal and acceptable to date someone outside of their race. However, for their parents it is the worst thing they could do. They decide to keep their relationship a secret for only a short period of time until Freemans father, Pops, and Angelitas mother find about it. It is such a shock when Angelitas mother finds out, that she has a heart attack. This causes Angelita to break up with Freeman because she cares about her mother’s health more than anything.                                       

However, she was still in love with Freeman, but in order for her mother not to have another heart attack, she was willing to end her relationship. After that incident Freeman and Angelita couldn’t stop thinking about each other, and with distance their hearts grew fonder as time went by Angelita's mom was very guilty because she had lied to her daughter and she feels very guilty. Turns out that Angeiltas mom faked a heart attack; she did that in order for Angelita to break up with her boyfriend. She knew that Angelita was happy and that’s all that mattered. When Angelita discovered that her mom was lying, she as devastated she couldn’t believe that her mother could do such a thing. This demonstrated that these stereotypes are unfair and should be put to an end.

Throughout the play there are other characters that bring comedy and a sense of humor to the play. Angelita's friend loves listening to music, dancing, and having a good time. They are complete opposites, but they get along very well. Throughout the play they both hang out and shared secrets with each other. She was there the minute Angelita needed some love and comfort when dealing with her mother’s situation.

Freeman also had a best friend named Neuman; throughout the play he brought comedy into certain acts. They both wanted to fall in love with a Spanish girl because they didn’t want to have the typical African American girl. When Neuman finds out about Freeman and Angelita’s relationship he supports it 100%. He was even inspired to have a Spanish girlfriend as well.

Freeman was sad, upset and confused on why he and Angelita could not be together. He decided to talk to his father also known as Pops. He told pops how he much he loved Angelita, but it was hard to be together because nobody else wanted them to be together. Pops told Freeman a story on how he and his deceased mother met and how she was there for him at all times. Pops main message to Freeman was that it does not matter what other people think as long as the couple is happy, that’s all the matters. After Freeman had this conversation with his father he decided to tell Angelina how he felt, and that he will always love her. Angelita felt the same way and they decided to get back together again.

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