SYNOPSIS
Savannah, Black and Blue: A play in two acts, by Raymond Jones. The play is about an African American female, Savannah, Who is trying to fulfill her dreams of becoming a New York City Police Officer. Despite conflicts and resistance between her husband Sheldon, her job, her family, the community and members of the force.

The play is told in a mosaic of flashbacks, foreshadowing, memory and dream sequences. At the story’s center is the life and conscience of Savannah, a contemplative, composed and earnest African American woman. As a child watching television police shows of the 70’s, Savannah dreams of becoming a police officer. Her adolescent aspirations are hardly passive or vacuous. Rather her dreams are complemented by her thoughtful questions not just about the media representation of the police, but about what it means to be a cop in America. Throughout the play Savannah encounters and triumphs over a series of personal, domestic and socio-political experiences and challenges. Her Development into a first rate Police Officer is marked by both academic and occupational achievements. What it means to be an African American Police Officer in Americans foremost metropolis.