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Two South Carolina Plays
By Jon Tuttle
ISBN: 978-1891885-65-52 Paper
200 pages, 6x9
Publication Date: June 2009
$17.95
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Jon
Tuttle is Playwright-in-Residence at Trustus, South Carolina's premier
professional theatre. This volume includes two of his plays-with
accompanying essays by eminent local historians--that recall moments in South
Carolina's forgotten past. The White Problem gives voice to
Richard Greener, the first African-American professor at the University of
South Carolina, and Holy Ghost explores the strange racial and political
dynamics in a lowcountry POW camp during World War II.
 Tuttle is Professor of English and
Trustees' Research Scholar at Francis
Marion University
and Literary Manager/Playwright-in-Residence at Trustus Theatre. He has
received the South Carolina Theatre Association's Founder's Award and fellowships
from the South Carolina Arts Commission and the South Carolina Academy of
Authors. His other published plays include The
Hammerstone and Terminal Café
(Dramatists Play Service), A Fish Story
(Samuel French, Inc.), and Drift and Sonata for Armadillos (Playscripts,
Inc.). He and his wife, Cheryl, live in Florence,
South Carolina, and are the very
proud parents of Staci, Jill, and Josh.
Advance Praise
In these two thoughtful plays, Jon Tuttle has captured one
of the central themes of South
Carolina history-the interaction of blacks and
whites. Like the dramatists of ancient Greece, he has us come face to face
with moral dilemmas in our society. The resulting denouement in both plays is absolutely
riveting.
--Walter
Edgar, author of South Carolina: A
History
This fascinating collection, framed by two plays that trace
two very distinct but complementary paths from idealism to disillusionment,
teaches us much about the communities to which we choose to belong, those to
which we are forced to belong, and the compromises that we make to find both
individual and collective acceptance.
--Mark
Charney, Clemson University
Whether historical or modern, Jon Tuttle's characters ring
true. Their humanity never seems forced. They jump off the page and stand as
real people dealing with the fascinating world the playwright has put them in.
--Jim
Thigpen, Artistic Director, Trustus Theatre
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