The Submission
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Sep 27, 2011
Closed Oct 22, 2011
Opened Sep 27, 2011
Closed Oct 22, 2011
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Shaleeha G'ntamobi's stirring new play about an alcoholic black mother and her card sharp son trying to get out of the projects has just been accepted into the nation's preeminent theater festival. Trouble is, Shaleeha G'ntamobi doesn't exist, except in the imagination of wannabe-playwright Danny Larsen, who created her as a kind of affirmative-action nom-de-plume. But a nom-de-guerre may prove more useful as the lies pile up, shaky alliances are forged, and everyone dear to Danny must decide whether or not to run for cover as the whole thing threatens to blow up in his lily white face.
New York-based actor Jeff Talbott makes an auspicious play-writing debut with The Submission after taking home the first-ever Laurents/Hatcher Award for the play earlier this year. Walter Bobbie (School for Lies, Chicago) directs MCC Theater's world premiere production of this funny and furiously intelligent new play.
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Racial stereotypes and bigotry are boldly addressed -- to both uncomfortable and comedic effect -- in Jeff Talbott's The Submission, being given its world premiere by MCC Theater at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. It's a daring piece of writing that doesn't always succeed, but the production, directed with hard-hitting flair by Walter Bobbie and featuring exceptional performances from Jonathan Groff and Rutina Wesley, nevertheless proves to be a riveting affair.
The show focuses on young Caucasian playwright Danny Larsen (Groff) , who has sent out his new work to regional theaters under the name Shaleeha G'ntamobi, feeling that literary managers and producers will only take the play -- which [...]