A Dark Comedy

By Rachel Lynett

October 17, 2020 at 7:30pm

Set in the fictional world of a post-second Civil War, Bronx Bay, an all-black state (and neighborhood) is established in order to protect “blackness.” It’s a utopia, but enforcing utopia proves to be tricky when it comes to defining who is Black and who isn’t. Both quick-witted and unpredictable, this thought-provoking script explores race and personal identity through the lens of an alternate future.

About the Playwright

Rachel Lynett is a queer Afro-Latinx playwright. Her recent playwriting credits include commissions with Barrington Stage Theatre Company (Holy Ground), Florida Studio Theatre (Carry Me and As You Are), and Theatre Lab (Last Night). Other credits include Last Night presented as a reading with Theatre Lab (2020); Here Be Dragons presented as a reading with Capital Rep (2019); You Were Mine presented as a reading at the Kennedy Center Page to Stage Festival presented by Theatre Prometheus (2019); He Did It presented as a reading with Theatresquared (2019) with Equity Library Theatre, Chicago (2018) and presented as a workshop production with University of Central Florida’s Pegasus PlayLab (2017); Good Bad People as part of Talk Back Theatre’s Reading Series (2018), part of American Stage Theatre Company’s 21st Century New Voices New Play Festival (2018), part of Jackalope Theatre’s CIRCLE UP series (2017) and as a reading as part of Unicorn Theatre Plays In Progress (2018); Well-Intentioned White People as the Michigan premiere with Matrix Theatre (2018), the world premiere with Barrington Stage Theatre Company (2018), the Downstage Left Residency with StageLeft (2017), part of Orlando Shakespeare New Play Festival (2017), and receiving honorable mention for the 2017 Kilroys for her play (2017). Her play, Abortion Road Trip received a workshop production produced by Theatre Prometheus as part of Capital Fringe where it won Best Comedy (2017) and as a part of the 2017 Kennedy Center Page to Stage Festival. Rachel Lynett is also the artistic director of the Rachel Lynett Theatre Company.