QUELQUE CHOSE/QUELQU’UN (SOMETHING/SOMEONE)
A Play With Music
Paris, 1947. It’s two years after the end of World War II, and two African American musicians (or Negros, as they were called, back then), encounter each other in the City of Lights.
But, as they soon discover, life there is not sunny and bright for everyone.
Denfield is a flashy young buck from the South, a mediocre trumpet player, but an ace hustler who, despite his best intentions, simply can’t seem to get his act together.
Aggie is a Blues/jazz singer, a woman of a certain age who has been through a whole lot of pain and heartache. She’s a talented, no-nonsense woman, a powerhouse of resilience, who has taken a motherly stance with Denfield, although there might be other latent motives to her interest and largesse.
Odile is French, a woman of the night, who, despite a life of suffering, has managed to survive and now has greater ambitions, like marriage, respectability and moving to the U.S., for starters.
Miguel is a refugee from Spain, and the Franco dictatorship, an older man, an artist with potential, who has a weak spot for Denfield. So, he provides him with a warm space as well as financial support, from time to time, but receives little more than a cold shoulder and manipulation from Denfield, in return.
The play, featuring four original blues and jazz songs, portrays the interaction and friction between these four characters, all of whom are desperately searching for something or someone!
