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Mud Row

Two generations of sisters protect and defy the legacy of their foremothers in this surprisingly funny, heart-pounding and ultimately hopeful play.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama
  • 120 minutes

  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre

  • Accolades:
  • Winner! Edgerton Foundation New Play Award (2018)
Two generations of sisters navigate class, race, love and family on "Mud Row," an area in the East End of West Chester, Pennsylvania. Elsie hopes to move up in the world by marrying into "the talented tenth," while her sister Frances joins the fight for Civil Rights.

Decades later, estranged sisters Regine and Toshi are forced to reckon with their shared heritage and each other, when Regine inherits granny Elsie's house.
REVIEWS:

"Morisseau gives exquisite voice to four women occupying the same four walls — and by doing so, an entire community sings."

 The Philadelphia Inquirer

"Morisseau's writing is rich and authentic. Tense, heartbreaking, and ultimately inspiring, Mud Row pulses with the the love Morisseau feels for her characters and the real life people who inspire them."

 Talkin' Broadway

"A tale so exciting and engrossing."

 Broad Street Review

Premiere Production: The play was first produced by People's Light (Abigail Adams, Executive Artistic Director; Zak Berkman, Producing Director) in Malvern, Pennsylvania on June 26, 2019.

Characters

  • Casting: 2M, 4F
  • Casting Attributes: Role(s) for Black Actor(s)

  • ELSIE - Black woman. Poised. Proper. Soft. Desperate to find a sense of belonging.
    FRANCES - Black Woman. Tough. Fighter. Persistent. Not easily contained, especially when she believes in something.
    REGINE - Black Woman. Well-educated. Reserved. Guarded and worrisome. Wife to Davin. Sister to Toshi. Somewhere a vulnerable and fragile soul.
    TOSHI - Black Woman. Feisty. Impulsive. Resistant. Rough around the edges and a former drug addict. Girlfriend to Tyriek. Sister to Regine. Somewhere a deep and wise soul.
    DAVIN - Black Man. Patient. Supportive. Optimistic. Can be pushy in his positivity. Husband to Regine.
    TYRIEK - Black Man. Sharp. Calculating. Former thug looking for a second chance at life. Boyfriend to Toshi.

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    Two generations of sisters navigate class, race, love and family on "Mud Row," an area in the East End of West Chester, Pennsylvania. Elsie hopes to move up in the world by marrying into "the talented tenth," while her sister Frances joins the fight for Civil Rights.

    Decades later, estranged sisters Regine and Toshi are forced to reckon with their shared heritage and each other, when Regine inherits granny Elsie's house.

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