Claudia Rankine’s new play, The White Card, is set to open at the Emerson Paramount Center in Boston, MA on February 24, 2018. The production will run through April 1, 2018, and tickets are selling fast! Many performances are already sold out.
From the ArtsEmerson website:
At a dinner party thrown by an influential Manhattan couple for an up-and-coming artist, questions arise about what—and who—is actually on display. Claudia Rankine’s 2014 New York Times best-selling book, Citizen: An American Lyric, unpacked the insidious ways in which racism manifests itself in everyday situations. Now, this world-premiere play poses the question, “Can American society progress if whiteness stays invisible?”
I’ve got my ticket purchased, and I’m excited to experience what this play has to offer. I’m very intrigued by the note on the ArtsEmerson website which states, “The White Card will utilize non-traditional seating at the Emerson Paramount Center’s Robert J. Orchard Stage. Patrons will be assigned specific seating locations at a later date.” I’m curious to see if we’ll all be part of the fictional dinner party, seated cabaret style, a la Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812? However we are seated, these tickets are HOT and this production promises to be engaging and thought provoking.
ArtsEmerson has added several performances, and they continue to sell quickly. If you think this show sounds like something you’d like to experience for yourself, get your tickets sooner than later, because I’m convinced this will sell out completely! Tickets can be purchased at the ArtsEmerson website: