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Bootycandy Opens at Playwrights Horizons

Robert O’Hara’s new comedy explores life as a gay African-American in the United States.

Editorial Staff
New York City
The Bootycandy family: Jesse Pennington, Jessica Frances Dukes, Phillip James Brannon, playwright/director Robert O'Hara, Lance Coadie Williams, and Benja Kay Thomas,
The Bootycandy family: Jesse Pennington, Jessica Frances Dukes, Phillip James Brannon, playwright/director Robert O’Hara, Lance Coadie Williams, and Benja Kay Thomas.
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Robert O'Hara's new play Bootycandy opened at Playwrights Horizons on Wednesday, September 10. In the play, Sutter (played by Phillip James Brannon) takes an odyssey through his childhood, told through sketches that relate the experience of growing up gay and black in America. Performing with Brannon are Jessica Frances Dukes, Jesse Pennington, Benja Kay Thomas, and Lance Coadie Williams.

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