A fantastic script by Bruce Norris, but also a challenging one.  Interupted, half spoken lines and simultaneous dialogue underscore a message of how little we've come in 50 years of discussing race in this acidic comedy.  (Plus, it's based on the events of Raisin in the Sun - genius.)  It also takes aim at the physically challenged and veterans in two acts set 50 years apart.  The ensemble cast doubles as characters challenged by the juxtaposition of "white flight" in Act I and gentrification in Act II.  The ending requires a bit of theatre magic.  This dense and wonderful script was a great challenge to work on.  

"Director Jamie Cheatham has done an excellent job of allowing everyone in the cast to coast through his or her own, individual realities as they gradually come together into...a serious argument. It’s really, really fascinating to watch..." 

 "Even with overlapping themes echoing through the same house, the pairing of two acts with two completely different sets of characters played by the same ensemble might have felt confusingly disjointed. Director Jamie Cheatham cultivates a range of sympathetic moods and energies to pull together a unified and thoroughly satisfying drama."
                  ~ Russ Bickerstaff, The Shepherd Express (and blog, The Small Stage).

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Scenic Design - Shelby Mellantine, Costume Design - Kathleen Rock, Lighting Design - Nic Trepani