CMU School of Drama


Monday, April 13, 2026

Review: Powerful Drama 'Paradox of Education' Teaches Hard Lessons of Racism on Campus

onstagepittsburgh.com: Being made to feel “other” is no way to go through life, no less, to make it through four years of college. In Ty Greenwood’s powerful new drama, Paradox of Education, a group of Black students discover that scholarships to a PWI — predominantly white institutions — come with student debt, living up to academic expectations and piles of obligations, along with shouldering racially-charged, passive-aggressive encounters and outright hostility.

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