Snowflakes, or Rare White People by Dustin H. Chinn

Nueva New York, 23rd Century. The dwindling white American population is protected by the federal government. Two of the last are brought to the Museum of Natural History as a living exhibit in the Hall of Caucasian Peoples, only to be freed by a sympathetic gift shop employee.
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Snowflakes, or Rare White People

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  • Paul Donnelly:
    27 Apr. 2019
    “ Really uncomfortable truths lurk beneath the surface of this supremely funny satirical gem. The immutability of privilege and cultural appropriation are among the topics that are spoofed and yet shown to be queasily resilient. What could be a one or two note satire gains depth and resonance as it moves forward. ”
  • Shaun Leisher:
    19 Nov. 2018
    “ We need more dystopian satires like this!! Dustin Chinn has written a hilarious and super smart play that will make white people uncomfortable but if they stick with it they will learn something and really be entertained. ”
  • Caro Asercion:
    8 Apr. 2018
    “ As the U.S. inches ever slowly toward the Minority Majority, “Snowflakes, or Rare White People” is a sandbox in which playwright Dustin Chinn digs beyond harmless white stereotypes and asks pressing questions: how do we as a culture currently view race, and how might that change in the future? What could a world untouched by western, Eurocentric ideals look like, and what does that world look like when it collides with those ideals for the first time? “Snowflakes…” dissects the very notion of a post-racial society. ”

Development History

  • Workshop
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    American Conservatory Theater
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    2017
  • Residency
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    UMASS Amherst
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    2017
  • Reading
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    Ma-Yi Theater Company
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    2014