OFF BROADWAYS 'THE WHITE BLACKS' RETURNS TO THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY

  

The White Blacks

(New York City, NY) Following a highly-successful run that was halted in its final days by the outbreak of COVID in March 2020, The White Blacks triumphantly returns to the stage for a limited time, bringing their Production back to Theater for the New City.

Featuring a cast of 18 actors who present a traditional Southern “Creole” family in New Orleans, the play tells the story of playwright Melanie Maria Goodreaux’s aunties who left the city to “pass for white” and the family left behind.

Told with humor and heart, the playwright exposes a common but largely untold story of “light-skinned” Black people in the South. While set in the seventies, audiences recognize modern themes of what constitutes “enough” when it comes to color and race, “cancel culture,” the path to authenticity, and the complexities of family.

THE PLOT:

In 1970s New Orleans, a Black “Creole” family is torn apart by members who ‘pass for white’ while others build Black Power and the matriarch clings to racial ideals that are fading fast. Inspired by the playwright’s own family, the story offers an insider’s look at the common but largely untold story of Southern Creoles— a culture proud of its Black heritage but plagued with grief over those “passing” to flee racism and achieve status and opportunity. Love lives long here in the gumbo of acerbic wit, romance and pain, abandonment and longing, hiding, personal authenticity and the complexities of “coming home.”

THE CAST:

Justine J. Hall* • Kristina Rose King* • Marsha-Ann Hay* • Christine Sloan Stoddard*

Tiffany Adams • Christian Miranda • Hollie Harper • India Stachyra • Carlos Carrillo

Danielle Hauser • Dave Baez • Linda Greene • Anthony Harper • Albert Elias • Fernanda Garcia • Dan Kelley • Jonathan Duran • Stacey Griffin • Jada Bennett • Alex Yuille

*Appearing Courtesy of Actors Equity

Co-Producers Mark Holloway, Issa Okamoto, Nadya Okamoto

TICKET PRICING:

To have the most diverse and inclusive gathering possible, the production is selling tickets at a range of price points.

Pay It Forward - $100 (one ticket)
Pay It Forward - $50 (one ticket)
General Admission - $20 (one ticket)
Pay What I Can - $10 (one ticket)

Theatre for the New City

155 First Avenue (At East 10th Street) New York, NY. Box Office (212) 254-1109

PERFORMANCES:

Thursdays Through Saturdays commencing at 8:00pm

Sunday Matinees at 3:00PM

Nov 17-20th, 25-27th | Saturday November 26th Matinee 3:00PM

About The White Blacks:

In 1970s New Orleans, a Black “Creole” family is torn apart by members who ‘pass for white’ while others build Black Power and the matriarch clings to racial ideals that are fading fast. Inspired by the playwright’s own family, the story offers an insider’s look at the common but largely untold story of Southern Creoles— a culture proud of its Black heritage but plagued with grief over those “passing” to flee racism and achieve status and opportunity. Love lives long here in the gumbo of acerbic wit, romance and pain, abandonment and longing, hiding, personal authenticity and the complexities of “coming home.”

Photo Courtesy Of Lawlor Media Group