Marquis and Tru are both fourteen-year old black boys, but they exist in two totally different worlds. Marquis is a book smart prep-schooler living in the affluent suburb of Achievement Heights; while Tru is a street savvy kid from deep within the inner city of Baltimore. Their worlds overlap one day in a holding cell. Tru decides that Marquis has lost his “blackness” and pens a how-to manual entitled “Being Black for Dummies”, as they navigate a world of cheerleaders, Black Lives Matter, 2Pac, Nietzsche, Apollo, and Dionysus—each vying for Marquis’ future.
Hooded is a timely, irreverent examination of growing up black in America by rising-star playwright Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm that was called a "breathtakingly on-point new comedy" by The Washington Post
The West Coast Premiere of Hooded, or Being Black for Dummies is directed by Lisa Marie Rollins. It runs March 8-31 at Custom Made Theatre, 533 Sutter Street in San Francisco.
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Hooded is a timely, irreverent examination of growing up black in America by rising-star playwright Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm that was called a "breathtakingly on-point new comedy" by The Washington Post
The West Coast Premiere of Hooded, or Being Black for Dummies is directed by Lisa Marie Rollins. It runs March 8-31 at Custom Made Theatre, 533 Sutter Street in San Francisco.
Marquis and Tru are both fourteen-year old black boys, but they exist in two totally different worlds. Marquis is a book smart prep-schooler living in the affluent suburb of Achievement Heights; while Tru is a street savvy kid from deep within the inner city of Baltimore. Their worlds overlap one day in a holding cell. Tru decides that Marquis has lost his “blackness” and pens a how-to manual entitled “Being Black for Dummies”, as they navigate a world of cheerleaders, Black Lives Matter, 2Pac, Nietzsche, Apollo, and Dionysus—each vying for Marquis’ future.
Hooded is a timely, irreverent examination of growing up black in America by rising-star playwright Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm that was called a "breathtakingly on-point new comedy" by The Washington Post
The West Coast Premiere of Hooded, or Being Black for Dummies is directed by Lisa Marie Rollins. It runs March 8-31 at Custom Made Theatre, 533 Sutter Street in San Francisco.
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Hooded is a timely, irreverent examination of growing up black in America by rising-star playwright Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm that was called a "breathtakingly on-point new comedy" by The Washington Post
The West Coast Premiere of Hooded, or Being Black for Dummies is directed by Lisa Marie Rollins. It runs March 8-31 at Custom Made Theatre, 533 Sutter Street in San Francisco.
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