Dame Lorraine is a 1981 play by American playwright Steve Carter

Steve Carter (playwright)

Horace E. "Steve" Carter, Jr. is an American playwright, best known for his plays involving Caribbean immigrants living in the United States.-Biography:...

. Set in the 1980s, it is the third of Carter's Caribbean trilogy. Dame Lorraine explores a family who has lost all of their sons, except one. The last son is returning from a long sentence in prison.

Original production

• Directed by Chuck Smith
  Charles Smith (playwright)
  Charles Smith is an African-American playwright born in Chicago. Many of his plays consider political and historical themes from anAfrican-American perspective....
  
  
• Produced by Victory Gardens Theatre
• Set Designer: Thomas Beall
• Costumes: Kate Bergh
• Lighting: John Rodriguez

Opened: March 27, 1981 at Victory Gardens Theatre in Chicago.

Cast

• Jackie Taylor - Rene Moulineaux
• Linda Bright - Angela Moulineaux
• Vince Viverito - Salvatore Buongusto
• Esther Rolle
  Esther Rolle
  Esther Rolle was an American actress. She was perhaps best known for her portrayal of Florida Evans on the CBS television sitcom Maude and its spin-off series Good Times.-Biography:...
  
   - Dorcas Moulineaux
• Don Xerique Williams - Picton Moulineaux

Los Angeles production (West Coast premiere)

• Directed by Edmund Cambridge
  Edmund Cambridge
  Edmund Cambridge was an American actor and director who was a founding member of the Negro Ensemble Company and the Kilpatrick-Cambridge Theater Arts School.- Biography :...
  
  
• Produced by Los Angeles Actors Theatre
• Opened: January 1983 at Los Angeles Actors Theatre

Cast

• Denise Nicholas
  Denise Nicholas
  Denise Nicholas is an American actress and social activist who was involved in the American Civil Rights Movement...
  
   - Angela Moulineaux
• Thom Christopher
  Thom Christopher
  Thom Christopher is an American actor.He is best known for his portrayal of mob boss Carlo Hesser and Mortimer Bern on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live.Christopher has also had roles on soap operas such as Loving and Guiding Light...
  
   - Salvatore Buongusto
• Esther Rolle
  Esther Rolle
  Esther Rolle was an American actress. She was perhaps best known for her portrayal of Florida Evans on the CBS television sitcom Maude and its spin-off series Good Times.-Biography:...
  
  - Dorcas Moulineaux
• Davis Roberts - Picton Moulineaux