Young Jean Lee is not African-American; and yet, the Korean-American playwright's latest work, The Shipment, currently performing at The Kitchen, is an insightful piece about black identity politics that is daring, provocative, and very, very funny.

The work, which is also tightly directed by Lee, is made up of thematically related sketches that address race in various ways. It begins with a dance performed by Prentice Onayemi and Mikeah Ernest Jennings that incorporates movements associated with minstrelsy while remaining dynamic, entertaining, and of course, tongue-in-cheek. The next segment is a stand-up comedy set enacted by the compelling Douglas Scott Streater that addresses white pri[...]