Niceties, The
- Full Length Play, Drama
- 2F
- ISBN: SFNY-10802
Zoe, a black student at a liberal arts college, is called into her white professor's office to discuss her paper about slavery's effect on the American Revolution.
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Description
- Full Length Play
- Drama
- 105 minutes
- Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
- Performance Group:
- College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
Zoe, a black student at a liberal arts college, is called into her white professor's office to discuss her paper about slavery's effect on the American Revolution. What begins as a polite clash in perspectives explodes into an urgent debate about race, history, and power.
REVIEWS:
REVIEWS:
"Burgess generates a verbal whirlwind with words-per-minute velocity that rivals Aaron Sorkin."
The Boston Globe
"An articulate expression of #blacklivesmatter anger as well as a millennial rebel yell."
The Arts Fuse
Characters
- Casting: 2F
- Casting Attributes: Role(s) for Black Actor(s)
