Christina Jean Chambers A scene from “Ambrosia” by Kelley Nicole Girod.A pair of upcoming plays at the Red Room aim to turn notions of “black theater” upside down.
“Ambrosia” (about an elderly southern woman deciding to die happy) and “Breakfast” (about a middle-class black family dealing with a gay son) will run as a double feature starting August 10.
Both playwrights said that they sought to avoid the clichés of their genre. Read more…
