Face Off Theatre is bringing to life Yellowman By: Dael Orlandersmith
Face Off Theatre is a company that aims to create meaningful work while engaging audiences with fresh and innovative pieces of drama. We are exacting this mission by presenting Yellowman which is a two-person, multi-character memory play. The show consists of an African-American woman who dreams of life beyond the confines of her smalltown Southern upbringing and the light-skinned man whose fate is tragically intertwined with hers. The play explores the negative associations surrounding male Blackness as well as the effect these racial stereotypes have on Black women. In Yellowman, a finalist for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize in Drama, Alma and Eugene have known each other since they were young children. As their friendship blossoms into love, Alma struggles to free herself from her mother’s poverty and alcoholism, while Eugene must contend with the legacy of being “yellow”—lighter-skinned than his brutal and unforgiving father.
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Company productions are required to be fully vaccinated.
Audience members will be
asked to provide proof of vaccination to the House Manager or Front of House
volunteers before they are permitted to enter the house.
ALL audience members will be required to wear masks (over both the nose and mouth)
during the entirety of their time in the building (before the performance, during the
performance, and after the performance).
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single-dose vaccine (like the Johnson & Johnson vaccine).
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everyone safe during this ongoing pandemic so that live theatre can return.
Phone: 269-359-0908
2022/02/18 - 2022/02/20
Dormouse Theatre
1030 Portage Street