Home (Modern Plays)

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But he nonetheless elevates the commandment to mantra, as if in issuing it, God were speaking directly to him. To be sure, the father and son are closer at the end of the play than they were when the lines of communication were nonexistent.

Caitlin’s relationship with her adoptive mother is frayed, though we’re never privy as to why until Forever Home rounds the finish line and into the penultimate number. Prepare for Mark to take you on a kaleidoscopic odyssey where disaster capitalism, empire, stolen youth and stolen wealth merge into the simple tale of a working-class boy who just wants his dad to smile at him.

On Railton Road throws you headlong into Brixton’s radical past where queer activism transformed the lives of this unique community. Nice acting and sensitive direction characterize “Pictures From Home,” the starry new Broadway production of Sharr White’s meh family drama based on the photo-memoir by Larry Sultan.

That’s also why the 36-year-old Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, which is dedicated to producing works by and for people of color, is such a vital part of the Bay Area theater scene. Each year, League members bring Broadway to more than 30 million people in New York and more than 200 cities across the U. Louis Rembges is an alumnus of the Royal Court’s Intro to Playwriting Group, and the recipient of the BOLD 2023 Playwriting Prize.From left: Myers Clark (playing Cephus Miles) and Tristan Cunningham (playing Pattie Mae Wells and Woman 1) during a dress rehearsal of "Home" presented by the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre on Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at the Buriel Clay Theater in San Francisco, Calif.