The year is 1955 and a promising new play is headed for Broadway. The most accomplished member of the cast, Wiletta Mayer, has entertained audiences for decades, bringing both wisdom and insight as the preeminent Black actress of her time. However, nothing could prepare her for the culture clash that erupts between the director and her fellow cast members in rehearsals for this new, “progressive” play. As the curtain rises, witness them grapple with the fraught dynamics of power, race, and ego, onstage and off. Visionary playwright Alice Childress was far ahead of her time when Trouble in Mind first debuted in 1955.
Be a holiday hero and bring your brood downtown this season to bask in the warm glow of holiday lights. Don’t like the movie? Don’t worry — you’ll love this play!
Be a holiday hero and bring your brood downtown this season to bask in the warm glow of holiday lights. Don’t like the movie? Don’t worry — you’ll love this play!
If musicals be the food of love, let this groundbreaking adaptation of Shakespeare’s most cherished comedy play on! Through community collaboration, this theatrical marvel becomes a celebration that is truly for, by, and of the people.
If musicals be the food of love, let this groundbreaking adaptation of Shakespeare’s most cherished comedy play on! Through community collaboration, this theatrical marvel becomes a celebration that is truly for, by, and of the people.
