| Robert O'Hara's INSURRECTION: HOLDING HISTORY -- Unconventional Casting (Spoilers) |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 05:18 pm EST 01/22/18 |
| In reply to: re: Robert O'Hara's INSURRECTION: HOLDING HISTORY -- Anyone see the Public's production in '96? Thoughts? - NYCscribe 01:33 pm EST 01/22/18 |
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For the Chicago production, many of the African-American actors play multiple roles including most of the white characters in the play. In the act one motel scene the female actor playing the desk clerk literally appears in "whiteface", i.e., a white mask is taped to her face. In the scenes taking place in 1831 Virginia, black actors portray the white overseer and the plantation mistress. I assume that is the mandated casting for this play. It does add a lot of humor to the proceedings. It also makes the inevitable violence toward the act of act two particularly jarring and shocking.
I've read most of the posts about Mankind. I actually forgot that this is also a play by O'Hara. Despite the negative nature of at least half of the comments, I'm pretty intrigued about this play and I will definitely check it out if and when it gets staged in Chicago. |
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