Trouble in Mind (Illuminations)

Following the rehearsal process for a new Broadway production of an anti-lynching play, Alice Childress's wry and moving look at racism, identity, and ego in the world of New York theater opened to acclaim off-Broadway in 1955. When Wiletta, a Black actress and veteran of the stage, challenges the play's stereotypical portrayal of the Black characters, unsettling biases come to the forefront and reveal the ways so-called progressive art can be used to uphold racist attitudes and practices. Trouble in Mind is a prescient work that remains starkly relevant to the dynamics in the present-day theater world--

• | Author: Alice Childress
• | Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
• | Publication Date: Jun 21, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 120 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Drama
• | ISBN-10: 1636700152
• | ISBN-13: 9781636700151