You Hateful Things

Nicole, Crystal and Lawrence lost their mother last year. But they still have their white dad. They love their white dad. Their white dad feels like he's made of love. One day, while they're renovating his house, they discover Dad's got a white dude in a box. This white dude in a box says he hates them. They don't love this white dude in a box.

Nicole, Crystal and Lawrence lost their mother last year. But they still have their white dad. They love their white dad. Their white dad feels like he's made of love. One day, while they're renovating his house, they discover Dad's got a white dude in a box. This white dude in a box says he hates them. They don't love this white dude in a box.

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You Hateful Things

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  • Caridad Svich: You Hateful Things

    A very dark comedy about the darkness at the heart of white supremacy. Alternately grotesque and matter-of-fact in mode, this play about gasping, dysfunctional patriarchal white cis-het rule in an extended family peopled by Black, white, mixed race and LGBTQ folx is hurtling tragic-absurdist scream written with Arbery's wry, dry, volatile rage and clear-eyed ability to stare into the darkest of souls. Yes, it's a play about hate, and how hate is sustained by adoration. But it's also about living in a land that thrives on hate to assert its power.

    A very dark comedy about the darkness at the heart of white supremacy. Alternately grotesque and matter-of-fact in mode, this play about gasping, dysfunctional patriarchal white cis-het rule in an extended family peopled by Black, white, mixed race and LGBTQ folx is hurtling tragic-absurdist scream written with Arbery's wry, dry, volatile rage and clear-eyed ability to stare into the darkest of souls. Yes, it's a play about hate, and how hate is sustained by adoration. But it's also about living in a land that thrives on hate to assert its power.

Development History

  • Type Residency, Organization NYTW - Dartmouth Residency, Year 2019