New Pittsburgh Courier: Keith Randolph Smith has invested more than 30 years in his acting career. A native of Cleveland, his acting was nurtured by Karamu House Theatre (the oldest Black theatre company in the U.S.) and Cuyahoga Community College with additional studies at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. He signed his first contract with Karamu House, where he was cast in “Raisin in the Sun.” Consequentially, he began auditioning in the Big Apple in 1986.
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I really hope Smith is right about what people will take away from this show he is doing. It seems as thought the important message being portrayed is that of acceptance of all who are Others. It would lead the audience members to think about their biases and learned behavior to hopefully change it. I see one problem with this so far. If the show wants people to think about bias and their behavior it needs to first make them realize that they have these in the first place. If it can’t do that then the audience can’t get to the next part: thinking about it. Thinking about it should force them to think about why they have them, where they came from, how they actually received them, and then how they can go about changing their selves, recognizing when they pop up in their minds, and actively changing it. In order to do any of that, they need to first realize that they have it. I love the idea of this show, but I think Smith is only likely right if the show can actually do all that and then also make them remember to do it after the show too.
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