White-ish

by Deidre Staples

Dotty is black. Dotty discovers she wants to be white. WHITE-ISH takes us on a black girl’s comical journey of identity and acceptance through a panhandling street kid, a black revolutionary, and sorority girls.

Dotty is black. Dotty discovers she wants to be white. WHITE-ISH takes us on a black girl’s comical journey of identity and acceptance through a panhandling street kid, a black revolutionary, and sorority girls.

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  • Stephanie Hickling Beckman: White-ish

    Bravo on behalf of Different Strokes Performing Arts Collective who produced this piece as part of their "369 Monologue and Short Play Festival" in April 2023. It was the audience favorite of the festival. This one woman show is a powerful and at times jarring commentary on the subversive power of the media and adult opinions about the value and weight of what it means to be Black or "Black enough". It speaks to the damage those opinions and unchecked media influences wreak on our children's identities, and affect who they (we) become as adults.

    Bravo on behalf of Different Strokes Performing Arts Collective who produced this piece as part of their "369 Monologue and Short Play Festival" in April 2023. It was the audience favorite of the festival. This one woman show is a powerful and at times jarring commentary on the subversive power of the media and adult opinions about the value and weight of what it means to be Black or "Black enough". It speaks to the damage those opinions and unchecked media influences wreak on our children's identities, and affect who they (we) become as adults.

  • Heather Meyer: White-ish

    WHITE-ISH is a tremendous satire with heart and surprise. Deidre Staple's writing enthralls with expert humor and an emotional core of identity. An excellent play.

    WHITE-ISH is a tremendous satire with heart and surprise. Deidre Staple's writing enthralls with expert humor and an emotional core of identity. An excellent play.

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization West End Neighborhood Library, Year 2019

Production History

  • Type Fringe, Organization Different Strokes! Performing Arts Collective , Year 2023
  • Type Fringe, Organization Atlas Intersections Festival, Year 2020
  • Type Professional, Organization Nu Sass Productions, Year 2020
  • Type University, Organization Howard University, Year 2017