Thomas Bradshaw is an American playwright whose work has been extensively reviewed. He is the recipient of

PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award The PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award, commonly referred to as the PEN/Laura Pels Theater Award, is awarded by the PEN America (formerly PEN American Center). It annually recognizes two American playwrights. A medal is given ...

as the Emerging American Playwright and of the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists award (2012).

Plays

* ''Thomas & Sally'' (2017) * ''Fulfillment'' (2015) * ''Intimacy'' (2014) * ''Job'' (2012) * ''Burning'' (2011) * ''Mary'' (2011) * ''The Bereaved'' (2009) * ''Southern Promises'' (2008) * ''Purity'' (2007) * ''Prophet'' (2005)

Reactions

Bradshaw's work ''Thomas & Sally'' was met with protests because the play debates whether

Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 18 ...

and

Sally Hemings Sarah "Sally" Hemings ( 1773 – 1835) was an enslaved woman with one-quarter African ancestry owned by president of the United States Thomas Jefferson, one of many he inherited from his father-in-law, John Wayles. Hemings's mother Elizabet ...

could have been in love. Protestors argue that there is no room for debate because Hemings was Jefferson's slave.

References

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