If the '50s-era production by Alice Childress had reached Broadway as planned, it would have been the first play by a Black woman to do so - but it never…
If the '50s-era production by Alice Childress had reached Broadway as planned, it would have been the first play by a Black woman to do so - but it never made it.Manning Mpinduzi Mott, Ansonia E. Jones and Ten A. Carter in 'Trouble in Mind' at Main Street Theater.An integrated theater company in the 1950s rehearses a play that exposes intractable prejudices among the cast and crew, as the tensions onstage hold up a cruel mirror to the play’s real-life circumstances.
The issues raised by “Trouble In Mind” — insidious prejudices, artistic integrity, what we know today as"code-switching" — don’t so much sound lifted out of a time capsule as they could be byproducts of the ongoing discussion about equity, representation, and inclusion within the performing arts following the widespread social-justice protests of 2020.DetailsThe play’s uncanny similarities to the present day are compounded by its actual history.
Better late than never or a play whose moment has at last arrived, “Trouble In Mind” will have its regional premiere Sept. 17 at Main Street Theater’s Rice Village location. It’s also a career milestone for director Michelle James.
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