Martin, Mara Lynn and Alan wrestle with guilt, prejudice and the price they and their children must pay for their actions in this candid, darkly funny and brutally honest meditation on race and language in our culture.
The Road Theatre Company proudly presents a Road Revival of
WHITE PEOPLE
| Written by: | Directed by: |
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| JT Rogers | Douglas Clayton |
| CAST |
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| Avery Clyde*, Mark Doerr*, Tom Knickerbocker* |
| Executive Producers | Producer |
|---|---|
| Taylor Gilbert | John Gowans |
| Sam Anderson | |
| Assistant Director | Stage Manager |
| Ashley Steed | Maurie Gonzalez |
| Scenic Design | Lighting Design |
|---|---|
| Helen Harwell | Christian Epps |
| Sound Design | Costume Design |
| David B. Marling | Michael Mullen |
| Dialect Coach |
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| Linda de Vries |
| UNDERSTUDIES |
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| Bernie Zilinskas |
* denotes member of Actors' Equity Association
This project is supported in part, by a grant from the City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs and also supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.
photo credits: Chris Goss
"In a time when divisions—political, ethnic, socioeconomic—drive wedges between people at every turn, playwright JT Rogers' work is timely beyond words...Director Douglas Clayton and his cast elevate Rogers' words, be they damning or mundane, to perfection. The actors handle Rogers' format...so expertly that the resulting stories seem to be uttered out loud for the very first time. Doerr's delivery is astonishing in this regard, as his character wrestles with an internal barometer born of his position in liberal academia. Meanwhile, Clyde captures the heart-wrenching duality of a woman mourning the lost opportunities of her past and that of her never-to-be-cured child. Knickerbocker's quintessentially stiff-backed legal lion is dramatic characterization at its finest, demonstrating an ultimately tragic devotion to the business at hand."
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"Helmer Douglas Clayton infuses each monologue with visual dash by using the other two thesps as living statues, moving in and out of Christian Epps' atmospheric shadows to assume silent attitudes. It's an apt metaphorical reminder that we eke out existence in the company of others, while remaining fundamentally alone."
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Free Road Signs Readings
Mon, May 21
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Mon, Jun 4 at 8:00pm
The Optimist by Jason Chimonides
Mon, Jun 11 at 8:00pm
An Evening of Poetry
Mon, Jun 18 at 8:00pm
Gruesome Playground Injuries by
Rajiv Joseph
Mon, Jun 25
1776 by Peter Stone/Sherman Edwards
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The Road Theatre Company is located in the Historic Lankershim Arts Center
5108 Lankershim Blvd.
N. Hollywood, CA 91601



