TROUBLE IN MIND a Seat of The Pants Production
by Alice Childress
This 1955 classic wasn't produced on Broadway until 2021, since the playwright held firm to her convictions about its content and ending.
Set during rehearsals for a major Broadway production, TROUBLE IN MIND illuminates the inner life of a Black actress struggling with her career. As Wiletta grapples with how she's treated, the role she's being asked to play, and what the production says (or doesn't) about race in America, her growing discomfort sets off a chain of events that reveal fissures within the acting company — and bring her into conflict with her director. Who will prevail? Find out as Seat of the Pants presents Alice Childress' 1955 play which didn't premiere on Broadway until 2021: a funny, satirical, moving, and heartbreaking look at racism, identity, and ego in the high stakes world of New York theatre.
Directed by Jeannine Gaskin and produced by Craig Joseph, the production stars Elizabeth Domer, Andrew Knode, Madison Ledyard-King, Michael Montanus, Zyrece Montgomery, Tom Stephan, Nicole Sumlin*, Darryl Tatum, and Tom Woodward*.
Sam Landgraf stage-manages, with costume design by Marti Coles, lighting design by Ayron Lord, props design by Mia Jones, sound design by Aria Smith, and scenic construction by Christian Sanko.
CONTENT ADVISORY: mild profanity, racist remarks, and language, descriptions of racial violence
TROUBLE IN MIND is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. — www.concordtheatricals.com
*denotes member of Actors Equity
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