About the production
At an elite East Coast university, an ambitious Black student meets with her esteemed white professor about a paper arguing that slavery shaped the American Revolution, and a polite chat about grammar and footnotes erupts into a blistering, often funny battle over race, power, and who gets to tell America’s story. Eleanor Burgess’s two-hander lets no one off the hook.
“Senior's production is taut and blessed with a tempo that gives both reasonable conversation and bitter enmity a chance to register.”
— US1
“Kimberly Senior keeps masterful control of the action, timing outbursts and giving reason time to prevail before chaos is presented.”
— Phindie, Neal Zoren
“Original director Kimberly Senior sure does turn up the heat with original cast Lisa Banes and Jordan Boatman better than ever.” “I gotta say, it actually works better virtually...when the teacher and student meet on Skype, it brings us into their world with wrenching intimacy.”
— Stage and Cinema
“Director Kimberly Senior, as she did with DISGRACED, explores the revelation of character and strength in dire-and familiar-circumstances.”
— BroadwayWorld, Sarah Vander Schaaff
“Burgess’s searing two-character drama, which is directed at full throttle by Kimberly Senior in a world-premiere Huntington Theatre Company production”
— The Boston Globe, Don Aucoin
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Credits
Written by Eleanor Burgess
Directed by Kimberly Senior
Featuring Lisa Banes (Janine), Jordan Boatman (Zoe)
Set Cameron Anderson
Lights D.M. Wood
Sound Elisheba Ittoop (original music and sound)
Costumes Kara Harmon
Photos by T. Charles Erickson
