White People
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SHOW INFORMATION
Opened Feb 24, 2011
Closed Mar 13, 2011
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http://www.ensemblestudiotheatre.org
WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Set on a single day in 1975 the play is a bruising family comedy in which the long repressed conflicts of a middle class WASP family finally explode. The father is drinking again; the son has moved home to write an epic science fiction novel; the daughter receives a visit from a mysterious stranger; and the domineering racist grandmother comes for lunch on the wrong day.
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RE:White People
Dont miss this fantastic, irresistible production! Youre drawn, bit by bit, into the revelations of this entire familys make-up -primarily through the skilled acting of the performers..all of.which youll recall often with warmth and laughter.
Reviewed by pique1
on Friday, Mar 4th, 2011
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There are a number of racist or borderline racist comments made in Neil Cuthbert's new play, White People, at Ensemble Studio Theatre. However, this genial dysfunctional family comedy does not aim to offend; in fact, the work lacks the bite needed to make it either provocatively satiric or incisive.
Set in a house in suburban New Jersey in 1975, the play chronicles a day in the life of a Caucasian family headed by alcoholic father Hal (James DeMarse) and his pushover wife Mag (Cecilia deWolf). Their three adult children -- Kate (Jennifer Joan Thompson), Jeff (David Gelles), and Bear (Matthew Minor) -- all live at home, which causes their parents some consternation.
The arrival of Mag's m[...]