Through March 2, 2008
8 p.m. Wed.-Sat. and 2 p.m. Sat. and Sun.
Greer Garson Theatre - Owen Arts Center
$13 for adults, $10 for seniors, $7 for students, faculty and staff
214.768.ARTS

Written by Alice Childress, this play revolves around Wiletta Mayer, an African-American actress of a certain age who has spent her career playing stereotypes, trapped on a merry-go-round of mammies, maids and other menials. The curtain rises on the first day of rehearsal for “Chaos in Belleville,” a Broadway-bound play that tackles the harsh truths of racism in America. But when those truths spill out of the play and into the rehearsal hall, will Wiletta’s insistence on her dignity cost her the work she desperately needs?

Trouble in Mind became a smash hit off-Broadway in 1955, and soon a move to Broadway was announced. But when Childress refused to accommodate the producers’ request to brighten the ending of the play for a commercial audience, the move was cancelled. Half a century later, the time for this wise and witty play has come again. Directed by Stan Wojewodski, Distinguished Professor of Directing.

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