Full Circle

When Terry's manager requests a "work with," she's had enough. No more demeaning work as a drug rep! Without calling, Terry packs and leaves town - her destination being freedom. She travels from Boston to Charlotte and finds another world waiting. In Charlotte she sees a drug rep with her manager. The feelings the scene evokes come with an epiphany. Images flood her mind. She writes them down and sees a theme: Plantation - Jim Crow - integration - corporate plantation. African Americans have come full circle. From these images, she writes a play that explores racism and classism. Terry's fictional drama echoes her real world. Eric is a successful business owner who loves Terry at first sight. Bebe is a mysterious, beguiling entrepreneur. She offers Jessie, a blue-collar factory worker with higher aspirations, a ticket out. But Jessie has to discover that his world-view has been skewed by an unspoken class system he has bought into. Neeno's motto is "use what I've got to get what I want." She thinks what she wants must come from a man, but she can't decide which man. Mr. Benjamin, now deceased, told Terry about the 1898 massacre in Wilmington, N.C. She realizes his story is the impetus for her play. She travels to Wilmington and becomes entangled in a life-and-death struggle.Kinston Dean, Sheila is the author of 'Full Circle', published 2003 under ISBN 9780972939201 and ISBN 0972939202.