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PLAYS & FILMS

To read full scripts and explore additional plays, visit Sharece's playwright profile on the National New Play Network’s New Play Exchange.

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TOPICS WE'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT

Public Health

Addiction & Recovery

Urban Life

American History

Found Family

Trauma & Resilience

DEVELOPMENT
PLAYS IN DEVELOPMENT
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THE AIR OUT THERE (NEW PLAY IN DEVELOPMENT)

Surreal / Comedy / Psychological Drama

Three incarcerated women from different generations share a jail cell where the boundaries between survival, memory, and possibility blur, revealing how the prisons we carry inside ourselves can be harder to escape than the ones built of concrete.

DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:

Staged Readings

  • Selected for the BIPOC Play Reading Festival - The Straz Center for Performing Arts, Tampa Florida, March 1, 2026

  • Point Park Pittsburgh Fringe Festival 2026, March 21-22, 2026
     

ARTICLES:

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TOXIC NON-PROFIT (NEW PLAY IN DEVELOPMENT)

Satire / Absurd / Dark Comedy / Office Drama

When a social worker accepts a job at a respected community nonprofit, she quickly discovers that the organization’s polished reputation hides a workplace culture that raises troubling questions about who the helping profession is really helping.

DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:

Development workshops with Coalescence Theatre Project, Illinois 2026

Director: Rob Esposito

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A SLICE OF RED VELVET (NEW PLAY IN DEVELOPMENT)

Feel Good / 90’s Style Romantic Comedy

In 1993, Hartford, Connecticut, a romantic setback leads a young man to uncover a hidden gift for cooking, bringing together an unlikely circle of friends and neighbors in ways he never imagined.

DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:

Development workshops with Coalescence Theatre Project, Illinois 2026

Director: Myesha-Tiera

PRODUCED
PRODUCED PLAYS
THE GHOST OF AMERICA'S PAST (2021)

A choreopoem that summons the ghost of America’s past to reveal how the legacy of slavery and racial violence continues to haunt the nation today.

Produced at The Department of Theatre at Normandale Community College, MN (2020)

Long Wharf Theatre, Play Writers Festival 2021, Directed & Produced by Millicent Marie Johnnie

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MATTHEW RISING (2020)

A New Haven family struggles to understand the devastating impact of addiction as teens face the impact of the opioid crisis.

Produced at Long Wharf Theatre Stage II, CT (2020)

Supported by Clifford Beers Clinic, Bregamos Community Theater and New Haven Arts Council Mini Grant

MATTHEW
DAISIES
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DAISIES ON HARLEM'S DOORSTEP (2020)

Five Black women navigate survival, resilience, and sisterhood in Harlem in 1929.

Virtual Production 2020 Coaelesence Theatre Project


Produced at Donald L. Oat Theatre, Norwich, Connecticut (2020)


Winner 2019 Dr. Floyd Gaffney Award for the African American Experience (UC San Diego)


Winner 2019 LezPlay Playwriting Contest, Pride Films & Plays


*Selection 2019 Short Play Festival, KC Melting Pot Theatre, Kansas City, Missouri


Selection 2018 History Lezons Theater Festival, Pride Arts Center Chicago


Selection 2018 WTF! Women's Theater Festival, Hartbeat Ensemble


Winner 2018 Central PA Theatre & Dance Festival, State College
 

*Biscuits & Bacon - The Short Play of 'Daisies on Harlem's Doorstep'

ARTICLE

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DREAMS IN DETENTION (2018)

Quanisha is a new student to a suburban high school in Connecticut. She finds herself at the center of a controversial discussion with Tiffany,

a young and naïve African-American sophomore who judges girls
from the hood.

 

Produced by Coalescence Theatre Project, Bloomington, IL.

 

Winner 2018 Black Voices Matter, New Route Theatre Festival, Bloomington, IL.

Dreams in Detention Stage Reading Black Voices Matter Theatre Festival 2018
BECOMING LA BAKER (2017)

A one-woman musical journey through the life, music, and legacy of the first African-American World Famous super-star, Josephine Baker.

Produced at Norwich Arts Center, Donald L. Oat Theatre, CT (2017)

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LEGENDS OF THE FORGOTTEN BOROUGH (2014)

A musical review journey of the legendary, Force MDs. 

Produced Charter Oak Cultural Arts Center, Hartford, Connecticut (2015)

 

Featured at the African-American Theatre Festival in Atlanta, GA (2014)

 

Produced at Bregamos Community Theatre, CT (2014, 2015)

ARTICLE:

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Legends
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LEGENDS
COMMUNITY FILM PROJECTS
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NEW HAVEN PLAY PROJECT 

2019 - LWT New Haven Play Project (ElderPlay)

2020 - LWT New Haven Play Project (One City, Many Stages)

 

Developed in collaboration with Long Wharf Theatre, the New Haven Play Project is a community-centered initiative that brings together artists and local voices to create original work rooted in lived experience.

As part of Long Wharf’s broader mission to produce boundary-breaking theatre and engage directly with the communities it serves, the project emphasizes collaboration, storytelling, and the development of new work that reflects the realities and perspectives of New Haven.

COMMISSIONS
COMMISSIONS
Vintage Soul Productions is available for select commissions across
theatre, film, and creative programming.

We partner on projects that center storytelling and meaningful impact, bringing a collaborative and thoughtful approach to each stage of the process. If you’re interested in developing new work or commissioning an original piece, we welcome you to get in touch.
EXPANDING THE WORK BEYOND THE STAGE
SONGS & CREATIVE MEDIA
  • Youtube
Music written by Sharece Sellem-Hannah
PUBLISHED WORK
“It’s Over Queen Mya” - Monologue

8:46 Fresh Perspectives: A Collection of Black Monologues

“This is Business As Per Usual” - Short Play

Stage It, Stream It: Plays for Virtual Theatre
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