Fall 2020 Season

Ole White Sugah Daddy

Ole White Sugah Daddy

by Obehi Janice
directed by Caitlin Sullivan
in partnership with AYE DEFY

Live Broadcast Reading October 23 8PM ET | Rebroadcasts of recording 10/24–10/27

In Ole White Sugah Daddy, a young Black female coder and MIT grad wrestles with love, identity, and the tension between striving and thriving. Lynne is struggling to get her new app noticed when an unexpected investor appears in the form of an older white man. Set amidst Boston’s startup culture, Ole White Sugah Daddy […]

Lockdown

Lockdown

by WP’s Mellon Playwright In Residence, Cori Thomas
directed by Kent Gash
with Lillian Andrea De León, Reynaldo Piniella,Travis Raeburn, Heather Alicia Simms, Keith Randolph Smith
in partnership with Rattlestick Playwrights Theater

Live Broadcast Recording December 3 at 7PM ET | Rebroadcasts of recording from 12/4 at 10am ET to 12/7 at 6pm ET

“Lockdown is capaciously compassionate, with excellent performances. A rare night at the theater, and a valuable one.” – The New York Times “Directed with nuance and empathy by Kent Gash for the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Cori Thomas’s beautifully structured play is a resonant demonstration of the inseparability of the personal from the political. Thomas has […]