Trouble in Mind

Directed by Jade King Carroll

Broadway, 1957. In rehearsals for a groundbreaking racially integrated production, the leading actress must choose between the role of a lifetime or compromising her values, in this bitingly satiric classic penned by a real-life groundbreaker.

As the first African-American woman to have her work professionally produced on the New York stage, Alice Childress lived this story and tells it true.

“Wise and extraordinarily winning” “scathingly funny” “one of the best plays about racism ever written”

The Washington Post

Reviews

Alice Childress’ “Trouble in Mind” Asks, What Happens When a Dream Deferred Finally Comes True, But with Unacceptable Conditions?
By Robert W. McDowell
Triangle Arts & Entertainment
January 27, 2015

Actors give superb performance in play on race
By Amanda Raymond
The Triangle Tribune
January 26, 2015

Childress’ ‘Trouble in Mind’ still relevant today
By Roy C. Dicks
News & Observer
January 26, 2015

PlayMaker’s “Trouble in Mind” explores racial issues through humor
By Sarah McQuillan
The Daily Tar Heel
January 26, 2015

NEWS

Q&A with PlayMakers Repertory Company’s Robert Dagit
By Paige Connolly
The Daily Tar Heel
January 28, 2015

“Trouble in Mind” gives perspective on racial prejudice
By Sarah McQuillan
The Daily Tar Heel
January 23, 2015

PlayMakers has “Trouble in Mind”
By Aaron Keck
Chapelboro
January 23, 2015

‘Trouble in Mind’: A play within a play about racism and theater
By Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan
The Herald Sun
January 22, 2015

Where We’ll Be: Trouble in Mind
IndyWeek
January 21, 2015

“Trouble in Mind” Is a Hilarious Drama About Racial Tensions During Rehearsals for a Broadway Play
By Robert W. McDowell
Triangle Arts & Entertainment
January 21, 2015

Artists

Jade King Carroll
Director
David Adamson
Actor
Myles Bullock
Actor
Jeffrey Blair Cornell
Actor
Carey Cox
Actor
Jorge Donoso
Actor
Suzette Azariah Gunn
Actor
Kathryn Hunter-Williams
Actor
Schuyler Scott Mastain
Actor
Roger Robinson
Actor
Charles K. Bayang
Creative Team
Robert Dagit
Creative Team
Alexis Distler
Creative Team
John Patrick
Creative Team
Kathy A. Perkins
Creative Team
Karen Perry
Creative Team
Mark Perry
Creative Team
Sarah Smiley
Creative Team
Craig Turner
Creative Team

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