THE WHITE BLACKS

Theater for the New City, New York City

Presents:

THE WHITE BLACKS

Tickets
To have the most diverse and inclusive gathering possible, we are selling tickets at various price points.

• General Admission is $20
• If you need a little help to attend, choose our “Pay What I Can,” half-priced ticket.
• If you are able to help us pay the talented cast and crew while offsetting the cost for those who need a little help, choose a “Pay It Forward” option (with our gratitude.)
• Rush tickets at any price may be available at the Box Office 30 minutes before each show.

Each price is for one ticket/one seat only.

Ticket Options:
• Pay It Forward $100 (one ticket)
• Pay It Forward $50 (one ticket)
• General Admission $20 (one ticket)
• Pay What I Can $10 (one ticket)

Box Office (212) 254-1109

Two hours and 15 minutes; with an intermission

Theater for the New City is pleased to bring back for a MAINSTAGE SHOWCASE**:

Melanie Maria Goodreaux’s THE WHITE BLACKS: In 1970s New Orleans, a Black “Creole” family is torn apart by members who ‘pass for white’ while others build Black Power and the matriarch clings to racial ideals that are fading fast. Inspired by the playwright’s own family, the story offers an insider’s look at the common but largely untold story of Southern Creoles'— a culture proud of its Black heritage but plagued with grief over those  “passing” to flee racism and achieve status and opportunity. Love lives long here in the gumbo of acerbic wit, romance and pain, abandonment and longing, hiding, personal authenticity and the complexities of “coming home.”

Written and Directed by Melanie Maria Goodreaux

Cast
Justine J. Hall*
Kristina Rose King*
Marsha-Ann Hay*
Christine Sloan Stoddard*
Tiffany Adams
Christian Miranda
Hollie Harper
India Stachyra
Carlos Carrillo
Danielle Hauser
Dave Baez
Linda Greene
Anthony Harper
Albert Elias
Dan Kelley
Jonathan Duran
Stacey Griffin
Jada Bennett
Alex Elmaleh

*Appearing Courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association
*Equity Approved Showcase

Behind the Scenes
Melanie Maria Goodreaux – Director
Mollie Frankel – Stage Manager
Luke Santy – Sound Design
Lytza Colon – Set/Props
Lighting Design – Alex Bartenieff
Video/Projectionist – Dave Baez
Costume/Styling- Devyn Mackey

Production Staff and Consultants
Bruce Morrow, Linda Greene, Anthony Harper, Justina Mejias, Greg Dove, Brian Sidney Bembridge, Janice Lowe, Mark Holloway, Nadya Okamoto, Diane Sullivan, Tim Fielder

COVID Protocol:
Wearing of masks is suggested in the lobby, restrooms and performance spaces at Theater for the New City, but they are not required.