Four Men in Paris

Four Men in Paris explores four historic writers: Chester Himes, Ollie Harrington, James Baldwin and the legendary Richard Wright - in their last days in Paris. This play is the offspring of a previous production, done by the Oakland Public Theater back in the fall of 2008, called Before The Dream: The Mysterious Death (and Life) of Richard Wright (created by playwright Richard Talavera and directed by Norman Gee) - the show performed at the Noodle Factory in Oakland and remounted at the Teatro De La Esparanza in San Francisco. While Before the Dream focused on one man, through the eyes of three biographers, Four Men In Paris is a gripping drama that focuses on the storyline of Himes, Baldwin and Wright, with Ollie Harrington as the narrator.