More Information About Yellowman

Website

http://www.berkeleyrep.org/HTML/CurrentSeason/YM_description.html

Description

Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 2002, Yellowman is an edgy and provocative exploration of racism within the Black community.

Alma, a dark-skinned African-American woman, and her childhood friend Eugene, a light-skinned African-American man, have been life-long friends -- yet when their friendship turns to love, the different colors of their skin raise obstacles that become insurmountable.

Dael Orlandersmith's language is lyrical and explosive, exposing both harsh realities and tender yearnings.

Though Orlandersmith focuses her laser-like attention on this internalized prejudice, the play also explores how easily we become what we most dislike about our parents, and the pain that arises when our bodies do not match our desires.

Written by Dael Orlandersmith
Directed by Les Waters

About the Ticket Supplier: Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Known for its amazing and adventurous audience, the nonprofit has provided a home for emerging and established artists since 1968. With two stages and a Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre, Berkeley Rep premieres exhilarating new plays and reimagined classics. In the last five years alone, the company has helped send five shows to Broadway: Green Day's American Idiot, Bridge & Tunnel, In the Next Room (or the vibrator play), Passing Strange and Wishful Drinking. Come see tomorrow's plays today at Berkeley Rep.

Berkeley Rep operates two performance spaces: the Roda Theatre, a state-of-the-art 600-seat proscenium theatre, and the intimate, 400-seat Thrust Stage. The Theatre is located in the heart of downtown Berkeley's arts district, just a half block from the Berkeley BART station, near lots of restaurants, cafe, pubs, and cool retailers.