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ArtsEmerson premieres The White Card by CLAUDIA RANKINE

February 24, 2018 | 7:30 pm - March 18, 2018 | 5:00 pm

$20 - $80

In this stunning world premiere at ArtsEmerson, The White Card unfolds a meticulously crafted story, raising uncomfortable questions about what — and who — are on display.

Exploring contemporary headlines and cultural touchstones, CLAUDIA RANKINE‘s The White Card refuses to remain “just a play,” safely entrenched on the stage. Like her 2014 New York Times bestselling book of poetry entitled Citizen: An American Lyric, this new play unpacks the insidious ways in which racism manifests itself in everyday situations, prompting the question, “Can American society progress if whiteness stays invisible?”

In the elegant loft of a powerful, well-intentioned white couple in the New York City art world, a black artist named Charlotte Cummings arrives in the hopes of selling her new work. When the couple’s activist son joins them for dinner, tensions arise, truths are interrogated and the notion of intent — both conscious and unconscious — becomes paramount.

Details

Start:
February 24, 2018 | 7:30 pm
End:
March 18, 2018 | 5:00 pm
Cost:
$20 - $80
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Venue

Paramount Center Mainstage
559 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02111 United States
Phone:
617.824.8400
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ArtsEmerson
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617.824.8400
Email:
tickets@artsemerson.org
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Did You Know?

Certain books were “banned in Boston” at least as far back as 1651, when one William Pynchon wrote a book criticizing Puritanism.