The Shipment
By Young Jean Lee
Directed by Mina Morita and Lisa Marie Rollins
Sep 22, 2016–Oct 15, 2016
Bay Area Premiere
Venue: The Thick House, 1695 18th Stree, San Francisco, CA
In THE SHIPMENT, Young Jean Lee uses her razor-sharp and unsettling humor to upend the surface stereotypes and tropes of African Americans that permeate our media, entertainment industry, and the dominant culture (aka White-framed) narrative. Audiences are confronted with clichés, distortions, and brilliant sleights of hand that force us to go beyond the lampoon and shift the lens through which we perceive race in order to confront our own bias.
Please note, this play contains MATURE CONTENT.
Featuring: Nkechi Emeruwa, William Hartfield, Howard Johnson Jr., Nican Robinson, and Michael Wayne Turner III
Dramaturg: Sonia Fernandez★
Scenic Design: Deanna L. Zibello
Costume Design: Keiko Shimosato Carreiro★
Lighting Design: Heather Basarab
Sound Design: Hannah Birch Carl
Props Design: Devon LaBelle★
Choreographer: Rami Margron★
Fight Director: Carla Pantoja
Music Director: Sean Fenton
Stage Manager: M. Sohaa Smith★
Assistant Stage Manager: Benjamin Shiu
Production Manager: Stephanie Alyson Henderson★
★ Crowded Fire Resident Artist