A SOLDIERS PLAY by Charles Fuller is the first show of The Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City second season. This military drama set in the south during 1943 centers around the murder of a Sergeant but that only scratches the surface.
A Soldier’s Play takes place at United States Army’s Fort Neal, Louisiana, in 1944 during the time when the military was racially segregated. Captain Richard Davenport, a rare black Army “officer”, has been sent to investigate a killing. Ultimately, Davenport discovers the killer was one of the black soldiers under Waters’ command.
Waters’ men hated him because Waters himself treated Southern black men with utter disdain and contempt. As Davenport interviews witnesses and suspects, he finds out the light-skinned Waters was highly intelligent and extremely ambitious and loathed black men who conformed to old-fashioned racist stereotypes. For that reason, Waters persecuted black soldiers like Private C.J. Memphis, whose broad grin and jive talk made Waters’ blood boil.
The play uses a murder mystery to explore the complicated feelings of anger and resentment that some African Americans have toward one another, and the ways in which many black Americans have absorbed white racist attitudes.
An evening of intrigue, and questions of race, class and soul searching is A Soldier’s Play.
GA ticket $30 available http://www.brtkc.org/events/2017-09/ or at the box office 1hr before each show
Senior Tickets $25 available at the box office day of the show 1hr prior to curtain
Student Ticket $10 available at the box office day of the show 1 hr prior to curtain
Phone: 816-663-9966
Email: info@brtkc.org
2017/09/14 - 2017/10/08
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purchase tickets online http://www.brtkc.org/events/2017-09/
also on sale Season Tickets http://www.brtkc.org/event/season-tickets-2017-2018/
The Arts Asylum
1000 E 9th St, Kansas City, MO 64106
Wheelchair access available through the rear entrance (north side of the building)