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Our next production at PlayMakers Repertory Company, Tanya Barfield's Blue Door, opens this coming weekend.
Here's what our website says about the play:
The play features among the professor's ancestors a man who says he's over a hundred years old, though he appears wearing the clothes of his youth, including what was once a nicely-tailored wool vest. This vest (in fact, two of them, since the staging calls for a duplicate of this garment) was made by tailor B. Daniel Weger in-house. The costume designer, Jade Bettin, wanted the vest aged to look very old, but not tattered--a vest well-kept by its owner.
( Before and After... )
Here's what our website says about the play:
A soul-searching journey begins when an African-American professor is left by his wife due to his reluctance to embrace his identity. The night of their break he’s visited by the spirits of several male ancestors whose stories illuminate and guide his way. Blue Door is a beautiful exploration, through text and song, of what it costs to disconnect from our past and from the legacy of our cultural heritage. Tony Award-winning Trezana Beverley, who brought us The Bluest Eye and Yellowman, will direct.
The play features among the professor's ancestors a man who says he's over a hundred years old, though he appears wearing the clothes of his youth, including what was once a nicely-tailored wool vest. This vest (in fact, two of them, since the staging calls for a duplicate of this garment) was made by tailor B. Daniel Weger in-house. The costume designer, Jade Bettin, wanted the vest aged to look very old, but not tattered--a vest well-kept by its owner.
( Before and After... )
