CMU School of Drama


Thursday, April 26, 2012

Preview: Bricolage examines racial division by reviving controversial 'Dutchman'

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: "Dutchman" is either a powerful expression of America's endless cycle of racial bigotry or a cliche from another era, while the character of Lula represents the worst of humankind or panders to biases.
In other words, the controversial 1960s play by LeRoi Jones, who was about to become Amiri Baraka when he wrote "Dutchman," is a conversation waiting to happen, and that's what collaborators Tami Dixon and Mark Clayton Southers are counting on.

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