Blackademics

May 20 – June 19 2022

A sharp, surreal satire about who gets a place at the table

A Play by Idris Goodwin

Directed by Betty Hart

Playing in the Bond-Trimble Theater

When Ann and Rachelle meet for dinner, there's already tension in the friendship they've built on their common experience navigating academia as black women. So at first it's easy to overlook odd things like the single water glass they're offered, or the mysterious server who keeps assigning points to their conversational gambits. But as the hunger sets in, the two professors find themselves the unknowing stars of an absurdist dinner theater performance of black plight. A sharp, surreal satire about who gets a place at the table.

Run time is 80 minutes with no intermission.