The Picture Box
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jan 15, 2012
Closed Jan 29, 2012
Opened Jan 15, 2012
Closed Jan 29, 2012
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Running Time:
1hr. 20min.
1hr. 20min.
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http://www.necinc.org/play/picture-box
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
From the deep south to the northeast, a young black man comes to work at the home of a white family on New York's Long Island. This young man becomes the "caretaker" of the little girl who lives in the home. She has been emotionally abandoned by her mother through her mother's second marriage. The trust of this estranged child creates a bond with her caretaker that spans a lifetime. Love and caring comes in all forms.
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Simply put, the legendary Negro Ensemble Company's latest production, Cate Ryan's The Picture Box, now at the Beckett Theatre, fails to live up to the standards of such groundbreaking playwrights as Charles Fuller and Samm-Art Williams. Worse yet, the play fails to live up to it own potential.
The Picture Box is, apparently, about the delicate balance between embracing one's roots and moving on. What is the complex truth behind the ties between Carrie (Jennifer Van Dyck), a relatively privileged white woman, and Mackie (French), the beloved black caretaker who helped raise her? How does it compare with what she thinks their relationship is? It's the elephant in the room that Ryan seems to[...]