Trouble in Mind (Regional, The Lyric Stage of Boston, 2024) | Playbill

Trouble in Mind

Regional
Play


SYNOPSIS:

It’s 1955, and after enduring indignities and lost opportunities, Wiletta Mayer, a seasoned Black actress, is finally making her Broadway debut. Written by a white playwright, her star vehicle is the allegedly progressive Chaos in Belleville, which turns out to be anything but. Leading a cast of both younger and experienced actors, Wiletta challenges not only the soft racism of her white director but also the veiled prejudice that limits her aspirations and success.

With warmth, humor, and sharp insight, this moving backstage look at identity and stereotypes cracks open searing truths about the American theater that remain heartbreakingly contemporary.



Directed by Dawn M. Simmons

Featuring Patrice Jean-Baptiste, Barlow Adamson, Allison Beauregard, Kadahj Bennett, MaConnia Chesser, Davron S. Monroe, Bill Mootos, James Turner, Robert Walsh

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