Pariah originally written by August Strindberg /Adapted with the spirit of Franz Fanon by
Pariah
A black playwright and actor from the Bay Area is awarded the opportunity to go to Sweden, work with Strinberg’s Altima Theatre to adapt Pariah, and interview with American Theatre magazine...Clearly, she has made it! What could possibly go wrong? Pariah, originally written by August Strindberg , adapted by Brit Frazier, is an interactive performance experiment that details the dilemmas of being a...
A black playwright and actor from the Bay Area is awarded the opportunity to go to Sweden, work with Strinberg’s Altima Theatre to adapt Pariah, and interview with American Theatre magazine...Clearly, she has made it! What could possibly go wrong? Pariah, originally written by August Strindberg , adapted by Brit Frazier, is an interactive performance experiment that details the dilemmas of being a...
Pariah
A black playwright and actor from the Bay Area is awarded the opportunity to go to Sweden, work with Strinberg’s Altima Theatre to adapt Pariah, and interview with American Theatre magazine...Clearly, she has made it! What could possibly go wrong? Pariah, originally written by August Strindberg , adapted by Brit Frazier, is an interactive performance experiment that details the dilemmas of being a young black creative navigating American theatre. The characters are Brit, her collaborators, their microaggressions and whiteness in general. Pariah outlines and the ways in which our stories and optics can be distorted, or silenced to keep white audiences comfortable and entertained. How does it feel to be the Pariah? What happens when the blackface mask cracks?
A black playwright and actor from the Bay Area is awarded the opportunity to go to Sweden, work with Strinberg’s Altima Theatre to adapt Pariah, and interview with American Theatre magazine...Clearly, she has made it! What could possibly go wrong? Pariah, originally written by August Strindberg , adapted by Brit Frazier, is an interactive performance experiment that details the dilemmas of being a young black creative navigating American theatre. The characters are Brit, her collaborators, their microaggressions and whiteness in general. Pariah outlines and the ways in which our stories and optics can be distorted, or silenced to keep white audiences comfortable and entertained. How does it feel to be the Pariah? What happens when the blackface mask cracks?