Mariah Sydnei Gordon in a publicity image for The Gift Theatre’s world premiere of “Hang Man”/Photo: Claire Demos
1 Plantation (Lookingglass Theatre Company) “Thaddeus and Slocum” scribe Kevin Douglas pairs with director David Schwimmer for this comic exploration of America’s thorniest subject: slavery Opens March 3
2 Kingdom (Broken Nose Theatre) The story of an entirely LGBTQ African-American family that lives in the near-literal shadow of Orlando’s magical kingdom, as they struggle to create a life together that captures a little bit of that same magic Opens March 5
3 Dontrell, Who Kissed The Sea (First Floor Theater) Dontrell Jones III decides it is his duty and destiny to venture into the Atlantic Ocean in search of an ancestor lost during the Middle Passage, but his family isn’t ready to abandon its prized son to the waters of a mysterious and haunting past Opens March 7
4 Hang Man (The Gift Theatre) Stacy Osei-Kuffour’s darkly comical, heartbreaking play uses absurdity to explore racism, sexuality and the parts of American history we would all like to forget Opens March 8
5 hang (Remy Bumppo Theatre Company) Language breaks down in the face of raw emotion when an unnamed woman must make an unspeakable decision about the fate of another human being Opens March 26
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