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3 February 2005…New York, NY… Firebrand Theory Theater Company kicks-off
its second season at its resident downtown theater with “Lynch Play,”
a factually-based comedic evolution of the American n*gger. Opening night is March
25 at Firebrand Theory’s home space, The Gene Frankel Theatre, where it
closed its first season with George Bernard Shaw’s “Androcles and
the Lion”.
“Lynch Play,” offers an unvarnished depiction of race relations
in America through the eyes of an opinionated, self-important, and self-anointed
historian named Willie D. To the audience, he is a minstrel. In reality, he is
the wounded spirit of a people who through periods of time were terrorized. Willie
D’s commentary is without regard for political correctness and his antics
universally offensive: his stage make-up is blackface.
“Race, unfortunately, still matters in our country,” says Lynch
Play director, Jaime Robert Carrillo. “The stage is our laboratory where
we examine risky issues. Lynch Play reveals the disparity between what we know
and what we’re taught about this nation we’re born into.”
Carrillo continues, “But if you shy away from the issues that divide
us, then we’ll never be united. Lynch Play doesn’t shy away but rather
it’s an open dialogue about long-existing opposing perceptions that are
as black and white as Black and White.”
Opening night is Friday, March 25, 2005, at 8 p.m. and the show plays on Fridays
and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 7 p.m. through April 24th. (There are no
shows on April 8, 9, or 10) The Gene Frankel Theatre is located at 24 Bond Street
between Lafayette and Bowery -- accessible from the B, D, F & Q trains at
Broadway/Lafayette and the 6 at Bleeker. Tickets are $20 for regular admission
and $15 for students and seniors. For reservations and group sales, please call
the box office at 212-696-6566 or visit http://www.firebrandtheory.com.
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