Overview
Follow an experienced Black stage actress through rehearsals of a major Broadway production in Alice Childress’s funny, moving, and ultimately shattering look at racism, identity, and ego in the high-stakes world of New York theatre. A scathing indictment of racism in American commercial theatre, Trouble in Mind tells the story of Wiletta Mayer, a Black actress cast in a supposedly “progressive” play about racism by a white male author—it turns out to be anything but progressive.
Cast
- Denise Lee as Wiletta Mayer
- David Coffee as Henry
- Claire Greenberg as Judy Sears
- Bob Hess as Bill O'Wray
- Tony Key as Sheldon Forrester
- Jeremy Rishe as Al Manners
- Mac Welch as Eddie Fenton
- Zachary J. Willis as John Nevins
- Candice Woods as Millie Davis