Trouble in Mind

Trouble in Mind

Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd. Topanga

This scathingly funny backstage drama about interracial politics by pioneering African American playwright Alice Childress follows an integrated theater company in rehearsal for a "progressive" anti-lynching drama. The play-within-a-play, entitled Chaos in Belleville, marks the first opportunity for gifted African American actress Wiletta Mayer to play a leading lady on Broadway. But what compromises must she make to succeed?

Thru - Sep 30, 2017