by Charles Randolph-Wright

Wed-Sun, Oct 21-25
Wed-Sun, Oct 28-Nov 1

(8pm Wed-Sat, 3pm Sun)
Titmus Theatre, Thompson Hall

The mesmerizing music of jazz singer Blue Williams frames the story of the affluent African American Clark family, owners of a profitable funeral home in rural South Carolina. Through the eyes of eldest son Reuben, this humorous and tender family portrait spans almost twenty years of dark family secrets, growing disquiet and unraveling dysfunction. “When sitting down to scribe his new play Blue…playwright Charles Randolph-Wright was determined to present something never before seen on a major American stage: a black family drama where the frailties of the characters, and not the condition of their blackness, was the heart of the conflict.” Ben Patrick Johnson, Culturekiosque.Contains adult language and subject matter. Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. New York City.

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