Play: BLUE-EYED BLACK BOY

triangle productions! presents a reading from its Outreach program

THE BROWN PAPER BAG SERIES

Four one-act plays, chosen out of several dozen “anti-lynching” plays written between 1916 and 1934, are being presented through spring of 2017 in the Portland Metro area. In light of recent violent acts against people of color, our collaborating professional artists are committed to sharing these plays in ways which elicit greater understanding of yesterday’s events relating to today’s environment.

BLUE-EYED BLACK BOY will play at Congregation Beth Israel on Monday May 15 at 7:00 PM.  Pauline Waters is alarmed to learn that her son has been arrested for brushing up against a white woman on the street. Police have dragged him to the jail, and the Waters family is terrified that Jack will be lynched. This short, powerful play is a staged reading, directed by Andrea White. Andrea was featured on the cover of Oregon Jewish Life in October 2015. Cast includes Portland favorites Arlena Barnes, James Dixon, Andrea White and Josie Seid. A discussion with the artists will follow the reading.

“Can one then separate the dust? Will mankind lie apart,

When life has settled back again; the same as from the start?”  – Georgia Douglas Johnson, “Common Dust”